I've noticed a difference in the way I write stories and the way I tell stories...
me (writing):
And so she resolved to journey to the ruins of the north, for it was there, in the heart of the castle that the enchanted stone resided.
me (aloud):
And then she's like, "I'm gonna go north to where there's all those broken buildings and shit" cause there's, like, a castle there in the castle there's this weird magic crystal or something.