The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Storr, Will
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Storr, Will

The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on...
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Author: Will Storr
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The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Storr, Will

The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

$35.27
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better by Storr, Will

The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

$35.27
Author: Will Storr
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The compelling, groundbreaking guide to creative writing that reveals how the brain responds to storytelling, based on the wildly popular creative writing classStories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and mold our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us? In The Science of Storytelling, award-winning writer and acclaimed teacher of creative writing Will Storr applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes to show how we can write better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers--and also our brains--create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.
Will 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 sections such as "The Dramatic Question," "Creating a World," and "Plot, Endings, and Meaning," as well as a practical, step-by-step appendix dedicated to "The Sacred Flaw Approach," The Science of Storytelling reveals just what makes stories work, placing it alongside such creative writing classics as John Yorke's Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey into Story and Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing. Enlightening and empowering, The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all stripes, whether novelist, screenwriter, playwright, children's writer, or writer of creative or traditional nonfiction.


Author: Will Storr
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781419747953

About the Author
Will Storr is an award-winning journalist and novelist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times, The New Yorker, and the New York Times. His books include Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed and The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science (The Overlook Press/Abrams Press). His writing courses are among the most in-demand offerings of the Guardian Masterclasses and the Faber Academy. He lives in Kent, England.
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