How to quickly learn storytelling?

Ever since school, I have been using one good method that always helps me. In order to remember the text of the retelling, I make small notes in the form of dates and names of people who participated in this or that event. And it is necessary to re-read the text several times. When retelling, just glance at the sheet on which the dates and names are written, and the details of the event will themselves pop up in memory. You can also make a detailed outline of the narrative in chronological order, highlighting the main events.