Storytelling

I need to become better at telling a story. As a history/English Lit major, the bulk of my formal writing has come in the form of term papers and the like, where creativity is not so important as the presentation of facts in a coldly rational and declarative manner. Rational and declarative I can do. It's story-format narrative that gives me trouble. While being able to tell an appealing story may not immediately serve my ultimate goal of being published in a dry scholarly journal, I believe overcoming my feeling of awkwardness in storytelling will make me a better writer overall.