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The Science of Storytelling

By: Will Storr
Narrated by: James Clamp
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How do master storytellers compel us? There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story, but few have used a scientific approach. In The Science of Storytelling, Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can tell better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers - and also our brains - create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.

Storr’s superbly chosen examples range from Harry Potter to Jane Austen to Alice Walker, Greek drama to Russian novels to Native American folk tales, King Lear to Breaking Bad to children’s stories. With chapters such as "The Dramatic Question" and "Plot, Endings, and Meaning" and a practical, step-by-step appendix dedicated to "The Sacred Flaw Approach", The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.

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Whether you like story or write story, this book is for you. Incredibly insightful, thought provoking. I listening to this one so quickly

Wow. Unbelievable

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Sooooooooooo Good!!!!I loved it. Read it simultaneously while writing a memoir. It guided you go away.

GREAT!!!

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Delightful insights and incredibly well told! Can’t recommend enough. Storr gives poignant examples of what makes a good story and how we perceive it on a neurological level — wonderful intersection that drives the point home

Great framework

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I bought this book because it was on sale, but I have never heard about it in any of the top lists about books on how to write stories. It was so interesting how different it is, less philosophical than other similar books and more practical with hard evidence to base it. It was a great read to come back to and go over the ideas

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