Wisdom Tales without Plots

Proverb Improvisation
Story Circle
Jigsaw Tales
Develop Stories from the following wisdoms–
• He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns. 

• A candle lights others but consumes itself.

• To hide one lie, a thousand lies are needed.

• When there are too many people cooking, they either under-salt or
over-salt the food.
Aside from the physical location and position in time, your setting can
include:
• weather
• political climate
• social norms
• cultural influences
• If your character is important enough to have a name, they’re
important enough to have a goal.
There are a lot of different ways to structure your plot, but in general,
a plot arc has five main points:
• Set-up/exposition – The beginning part of your story where you
establish the world, the characters, the tone, and your writing style
• Rising action – The rising action is usually prompted by your inciting
incident. Here, you escalate tension and problems, explore your
characters. This is the biggest chunk of your book.
• Climax – This is the sort of “moment of truth.” The culmination of
everything–the highest point of tension. The point the plot has been
leading up to.
• Falling action – What goes up, must come down. This is where you
resolve any subplots and side stories.
• Resolution – Wrap up.
• Set-up
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution
Wisdom Tales without Plots
• The Fox and the Grapes
• The Rabbit and the Tortoise
• The Crow and the Pitcher
Proverb Improvisation

Famous Proverbs –
1) Actions speak louder than words.
2) Adversity and loss make a man wise.
3) A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
4) A leopard can’t/ doesn’t change its spots.
5) An empty vessel makes much noise.
6) When there are too many people cooking, they either under-salt or
over-salt the food.
7) A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is for. (Get out
of your comfort zone to grow and fulfill your potential.).
8) As you sow, so you shall reap.
9) Every cloud has a silver lining.
10) Every man is the architect of his destiny.
11) Good things come to those who wait.
12) If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
13) It’s never too late to mend.
14) It’s no use crying over spilt milk.
Story Circle

A group story sharing technique developed by the Student Nonviolent

Coordinating Committee during the American Civil Rights Movement in the
1960s.

A story circle is a group of people sitting in a circle and sharing stories

about their experience on a given topic or theme.

The story circle may be used to build community within a group, to

examine difference across lines of race or class, to explore social
challenges that people are facing in their own lives, or for some other
purpose. 
The topic or theme of your story circle depends on your goal. A few
possible topics of story circles that I have led or participated in include:

• A time when I made a change in someone’s life

• A person who cared for me when I needed it
• A time when I was discriminated against or felt I was judged unfairly.
• The experience that got me involved in my cause or organization