The science of storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
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"Stories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and shape our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us? In The Science of Storytelling, the author 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 unexpectedchange"--

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"Why stories make us human and how to tell them better"--Cover.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and index.
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"Stories shape who we are. They drive us to act out our dreams and ambitions and shape our beliefs. Storytelling is an essential part of what makes us human. So, how do master storytellers compel us? In The Science of Storytelling, the author 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 unexpectedchange"--,Provided by publisher.
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Storr, W. (2021). The science of storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. New York, Abrams Press.

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Storr, Will. 2021. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. New York, Abrams Press.

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Storr, Will, The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. New York, Abrams Press, 2021.

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Storr, Will. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. New York, Abrams Press, 2021.

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