## Share it in present tense - Present tense helps the reader imagine they are there in the moment - Creates immediacy - Keep one situation as present, use past tense for other events - Helps the storyteller relive the story in their mind - Present tense for intimacy, past tense for distance and reflection ## Keep it immersive Continuing the immersive time of storytelling - Don't ask rhetorical questions - Don't acknowledge audience existence - No props - Keep things related to the time period - _ex) No internet in dinosaur age_ - Don't say story - Downplay physical presence, dress casually - Storytelling should be like an audiobook - Through this immersion your [[Stories should project a continuous visual in the audience]]