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Story-telling

Story-telling \Sto"ry-tell`ing\, a. Being accustomed to tell stories. -- n. The act or practice of telling stories.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
story-telling

also storytelling, 1709, from story (n.1) + present participle of tell (v.). Related: Story-teller (1709).

Usage examples of "story-telling".

Many of them were pure gibberish, but there was some quite lovely liturgical story-telling scattered throughout, the relic, Jame believed, of an older ritual.

In vain did journals and speakers of the opposition represent him as a lightminded trifler, who amused himself with frivolous story-telling and coarse jokes, while the blood of the people was flowing in streams.

I dare to face a pile of blank paper every day because I believe that I share the Onondagan aptitude for story-telling.

It was a great age for romances and story-telling, and he told stories, old in new dresses, but he was also careful to use contemporary life, which his hearers understood.

Even if you're a computerphobe, as I sometimes am, the imagination and story-telling skill of John Varley will have you chuckling and nodding your head in delight-which is very apĀ­propriate, for after all, one of science fiction's prime virtues is its ability to combat future shock by drawing us into tomorrow in such delightful ways.