Last week, I learned that practicing a speech with the GGS (Guelph Guild of Storytellers) prior to a Toastmasters delivery was a wise choice of precedence. I presented speech #5 in the Storytelling Manual: Bringing History to Life, entitled “The Apple of Discord”. In this case, I had no time to prepare and polish as I stepped in for a last minute speaking role. Taking this into account, it went quite well. However, I am now convinced that impromptu-speaking does not always work well when it comes to Storytelling. Since I will be performing this story on Wednesday, I feel quite confident that all of the quirks and foibles will have been worked out due to my mild plundering on the first delivery.