1. The writer lets the storyteller speak in first person (I, we) and writes connecting passages in third person (he, she, they)
    This example is an excerpt from an article in Inuktitut magazine, Winter 1985. The author, William Belsey, starts by introducing the storyteller, David Serkoak, in third person (he). Throughout the article he quotes from the storyteller, using first person (I) and putting those passages between quotation marks. The author writes connecting passages to help weave together the parts of the interview he has chosen for his article.

    A Home and Native Land
    by William Belsey

    David Serkoak was born at Ennadai Lake in the early 1950s. He was only four or live years old when his family was forced to move from their traditional camping area at Ennadai Lake. David was too young to remember much from those times, but his late father Miki, his mother Kaho, as well as other family members have contributed much to his knowledge of that early time in his life.

    “From what I have gathered from various sources,” he says, “starvation was approaching us, although some of the people at Ennadai Lake were living quite well. Hard times came once in a while, but nothing very drastic. I don’t believe that many people had much advance warning that they would have to move. Some of them found out the same day they were to be moved. When we returned to Ennadai recently, we stopped at a traditional camping spot where, the Elders told us, a vehicle came to pick us up one day – we were told we had to move. The people had to pack so quickly that many articles were left behind.

    “We were moved to the Henik Lake area. That was when the real trouble hit us. I guess it was new for some of the people. The hardest time for them was between Ennadai Lake and the coast. I think the idea behind the move had something to do with a change in caribou migration patterns, which meant that the caribou were farther away from the Ennadai Lake area. I think the government wanted the Ihalmiut to move to the coast so that we might become fishermen and make ourselves useful.”

    Serkoak also recalls the way his mother and father spoke of their contact with Gabriel Gely in those days. “I don’t remember anyone directly. I only learned about Gabe after talking to my mother and father. They believed him to be a good man. I know that my father talked of him as a good friend who helped to give us a hand when we needed it in Ennadai Lake.”

  2. Using only the words of the interviewee to tell the story
    Look at the example of an interview transcript towards the end of the previous section, Transcribing Interviews. You will see the transcript of an interview with James Taipana. Compare the transcript with the story called, My Life (Autobiography) by James Taipana in the Stories section. The transcript has been adapted to the style of a story.