The Science of Storytelling
Will Storr is a novelist and award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times, New Yorker, and New York Times. Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed and The Unpersuadables: Adventures with Science's Enemies (The Overlook Press/Abrams Press) are two of his books. His writing workshops are among the most popular at the Guardian Masterclasses and the Faber Academy.
Our identities are shaped by our stories. They motivate us to live out our dreams and ambitions, as well as shape our beliefs. Storytelling is an important aspect of what makes us human. So how do master storytellers persuade us? Will Storr, award-winning writer and acclaimed creative writing teacher, applies dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to our myths and archetypes in The Science of Storytelling to show how we can write better stories, revealing, among other things, how storytellers—and our brains—create worlds by being attuned to moments of unexpected change.
Will Storr's superbly chosen examples include Harry Potter, Jane Austen, and Alice Walker, Greek drama, Russian novels, and Native American folk tales, and King Lear, Breaking Bad, and children's stories. The Science of Storytelling reveals just what makes stories work, 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." It ranks alongside creative writing classics such as John Yorke's Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey into Story and Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing. The Science of Storytelling is destined to become an invaluable resource for writers of all genres, whether they are novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, children's authors, or writers of creative or traditional nonfiction.
Author: Will Storr
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