Melissa Worden uncovers an interesting series of videos on YouTube of Ira Glass on storytelling. She quotes at length Glass on how practice is the only way to get better, and it sometimes takes years to get from not-so-good to good.
Here’s the four videos:
Even if you think you know storytelling, the pieces are worth reviewing. Videos #2 and #4 especially contain some interesting stuff. Two on entropy and #4 on using your own voice to tell a story.