The Science of Storytelling

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER




‘If you want to write a novel or a script, read this book’ Sunday Times



‘The best book on the craft of storytelling I’ve ever read’ Matt Haig



‘Rarely has a book engrossed me more, and forced me to question everything I’ve ever read, seen or written. A masterpiece’ Adam Rutherford




Why stories make us human and how to tell them better.



There have been many attempts to understand what makes a good story – but few have used a scientific approach.


In this incisive, thought-provoking book, award-winning writer Will Storr demonstrates how master storytellers manipulate and compel us.


Applying dazzling psychological research and cutting-edge neuroscience to the foundations of our myths and archetypes, he shows how we can use these tools to tell better stories – and make sense of our chaotic modern world.



INCLUDES NEW MATERIAL.