Storytelling Workshops

Classes Offered
Meet the Teachers
Registration & Cancellation Policy

We’re offering a range of virtual workshops hosted on Zoom.


Spotlight On You – a 3 to 4 hour workshop which includes lessons about storytelling structure, character development and other techniques for creating dramatic, engaging and true, personal stories. Class size is limited so all students will be given the opportunity to write, share at least one story, and receive critical feedback.
Next Online Workshops:
May 25, 2024
July 21, 2024

You must register in advance to be given access code.
Register HERE

Your Story, Your Life – 5 two hour classes, over five weeks, to help you develop secondary characters, dialogue, non-linear structure, enhanced performance skills, and stories of varying lengths to be performed on stage. Students will be able to workshop and hone at least one, and possibly several, stories over the course of 5 weeks.
$199 per registrant
Led by Jessica Robinson.

Next Workshop Starts September 4, 2024.
Register HERE

Braiding Stories – In this 90 workshop, we’ll discuss what braided stories are, different types of braided tales, and when it makes sense to intertwine multiple stories. Then we’ll dig into some techniques on how to craft a braided story. Participants will spend some time working and weaving their own tales, and a few will be given the chance to share a story.

Next Workshop April 28, 2024.
Register HERE

Spotlight On You Too – a 5 hour workshop covering more advanced storytelling lessons. Meant as a follow up workshop to Spotlight on You, this is also ideal for any experienced storyteller looking to delve deeper into a particular story, work on enhanced performance techniques, or play around a little more with form.
Led by Jessica Robinson
Next workshops June 22, 2024
REGISTER HERE

Please note: You should receive a receipt for registering right away. We do not send the login information until about a week before the workshop. IF you do not receive the email, please contact stories (at) bettersaidthandone (dot) com. PLEASE include your hone #. We have had trouble with some people not receiving our emails even after they’ve emailed us!

Your Business Story: Crafting your company tale
Motivate volunteers for your cause, move prospects to sign on as clients and convince investors yours is the right business by telling your story. After this half-day workshop, which focuses on how to write a compelling story, students will leave with stories to use as content for their website, brochure, and elevator speech. Stories are workshopped with teachers and other students, lending different perspectives on your business tale.
Led by Jessica Robinson
$85 per registrant.
Next Workshop TBD
You must register in advance to be given access code.
Next business storytelling workshop TBD.

No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after registration. In extenuating circumstances, to be determined solely by Better Said Than Done, Inc., a voucher for attendance at another Better Said Than Done workshop of equal or lesser value may be offered. Additional fees may be required.

Substitutions for persons attending can be made in advance without charge. In the event of circumstances beyond its control, Better Said Than Done reserves the right to amend or cancel any event. Better Said Than Done is not liable for any expense incurred by participants as a result of cancellation.

We can also take any of our customized Corporate Programs to your office virtually. Contact jessica (at) bettersaidthandone (dot) com to discuss workshops specialized to meet your organization’s storytelling/communications/ needs – online for now, and in person again soon!
Jessica Robinson also offers individual story coaching. Contact jessica (at) bettersaidthandone (dot) com to discuss.
READ MORE about our corporate programs here.

At Better Said Than Done, we believe that everyone has a story to tell, and everyone can be a storyteller, given the right tools. To help bring out that story and those skills, Better Said Than Done offers workshops on the art of true, personal storytelling.

Class sizes are limited. Students must register in advance of each workshop in order to attend. Most workshops are held in Fairfax County, VA, but email jessica at bettersaidthandone dot com about having a customized storytelling workshop or presentation at your office or conference.

We can bring the workshop to your office! Email Jessica for more details. Or read more about our corporate storytelling workshops and presentations here.

Better Said Than Done also offers one on one storytelling coaching as well as onsite storytelling seminars. Email Jessica for more details.

Meet the Teachers

Jessica Robinson began performing stories in front of audiences in 2007, performing for Better Said Than Done, Story District, Tales in the Village, The Grapevine, Perfect Liars Club and GMU’s Fall for the Book Festival, and at such venues as Jammin’ Java, Epicure Café, The Auld Shebeen, Atlas Performing Arts Center, the City of Fairfax Library, The National Women’s Equality Monument, the National Mall, Dance Place, and Franklin Park Performing Arts Center. Jessica’s one woman show, “Tech Babies” – about infertility and prenatal complications – premiered in 2015 at Stories in the Round. Jessica performed at Exchange Place at the International Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN in 2018, and since has performed in the Women’s Storytelling Festival, the Stone Soup Festival, the Forest Storytelling Festival, the Washington Folk Festival, the First Person Arts Festival and will soon be seen in the Good Liars Club Festival and the Florida Storytelling Festival.

Jessica is co-author of the anthology Roar: True Tales of Women Warriors – which won Honors in the 2019 Storytelling World Awards. She is the author of the novel Caged, published in 2016 under pen name J.P. Robinson. Jessica has lead storytelling workshops for individuals as well as Brookings Institution, Story Crossroads, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Marie Stopes International, George Washington University, AHRQ, the Story Center at MCPL, and the World Bank.

Jack Scheer has been telling stories with Better Said Than Done since 2015. Prior to that, he spent nearly three decades telling other people’s stories as an actor and director in community theater, performing with groups including the Vienna Theatre Company, McLean Theatre Alliance, Kensington Arts Theatre, Rockville Musical Theatre, and the Music and Drama Club (MAD) at NASA&’s Goddard Space Flight Center. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies from Northern Illinois University, where he participated on the speech and debate team. Jack is one of the elite group of Better Said Than Done storytelling teachers. A native Chicagoan who bounced between Illinois and the DC area for many years, he now resides in Silver Spring, MD.

Nick Baskerville tells stories in the DC, MD, and VA area. As a storyteller, he tells stories for shows such as The Moth, The Story Collider, Better Said Than Done, Mistakes Were Made, and Perfect Liar’s Club. In addition to telling stories, he has hosted storytelling shows for Better Said Than Done and Armed Service Art Performance (ASAP) both online and in-person. You can also check out his blog Story Telling On Purpose at www.stop365.blog

Registration & Cancellation Policy

Since stories often include adult material, classes are designed for students 18 years of age or older. You must register and pay in advance to attend a class.
No refunds will be issued for cancellations received after registration. In extenuating circumstances, to be determined solely by Better Said Than Done, Inc., a voucher for attendance at another Better Said Than Done workshop of equal or lesser value may be offered. Additional fees may be required.

Substitutions for persons attending can be made in advance without charge. In the event of circumstances beyond its control, Better Said Than Done reserves the right to amend or cancel any event. Better Said Than Done is not liable for any expense incurred by participants as a result of cancellation.