What a storyteller does is *see* more than most of us. We say he's making up his stories, but he–or better yet, *she*–watches more carefully, and then tells us what we would have seen ourselves if we'd just stopped to look."- Leah said–to Nadine, although she was looking at Marjorie (pg 138) Dean Hughes
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A storyteller has a talent for observing the world around him and then creating a story that seems to be able to capture the very essence of that world. People who tell stories are said to have a deep interest in human nature, and something about their stories makes them believable.

Source: Before The Dawn

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