Added a section for getting started to the readme.

README.md

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 If you want to contribute, please see [the wave discussing future development of Storyteller](https://wave.google.com/wave/waveref/googlewave.com/w+soBIcBHBA). For access, contact Andreas Blixt (andreas@blixt.org).
 
+## Getting started
+
+How to get a newly cloned version up and running in a local development environment.
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+1. [Python 2.5](http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/)
+2. [Google App Engine SDK for Python](http://code.google.com/appengine/downloads.html)
+3. [Django 1.1](http://www.djangoproject.com/download/)
+
+### Configuration
+
+1. Copy `src/app.yaml.template` to `src/app.yaml` and change the application identifier (`example` by default)
+2. Copy `src/storyteller/settings.py.template` to `src/storyteller/settings.py` and change the configuration as desired
+3. Run the application on the development server
+
 ## API
 
 The Storyteller application does everything through a controller which communicates with the data layer. All the public methods of the controller are accessible using HTTP requests. Examples: