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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Storr, W. (2021). The science of storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Abrams Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Storr, Will. 2021. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Abrams Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Storr, Will, The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Abrams Press, 2021.
MLA Citation (style guide)Storr, Will. The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better. Abrams Press, 2021.
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