Discuss @David Flin 's latest article here
I guess extemporary story-telling - of the sort parents do with bedtime stories - is the classic example of bottom up story-telling. "Daddy, is Pwff going to be in the story?" "Funny you should mention that."
I've no idea about Homer and the Iliad, but I have vague recollections of my sister-in-law, who worked at Jorvik, who explained about how Nordic bards memorised huge epics for telling, which basically involved remembering the milestones of the story, some stock footage of assorted bits to shove in as appropriate, and a lot of blagging in between.
I've no idea about Homer and the Iliad, but I have vague recollections of my sister-in-law, who worked at Jorvik, who explained about how Nordic bards memorised huge epics for telling, which basically involved remembering the milestones of the story, some stock footage of assorted bits to shove in as appropriate, and a lot of blagging in between.