The Power of Storytelling

To Connect With Your Audience, With Energy and Purpose, Master the Skills of Storytelling

• Broken and Whole
• Eric R. Williams on the Machinery of Genre and Storytelling
• Let Us Now Praise Robert McKee
• ‘What If?’ Angus Fletcher on the Brain and Storythinking
• Kate Daloz on a Bygone Era, Research as Me-Search, and the Craft of Storytelling
• Why the Hidden Architecture Matters
• John Truby’s Story Beats for 14 Genres
• John Truby on the New Rules of Genre Writing
• Can We Dispense the Myth about King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Passage?
• Naming Right: A Chance to Fix a Mistake by the Lake
• Will Storr on Storytelling, Writing, and the Brain
• The Quietest Hero: Remembering Bob Moses
• The Dangerous Stoicism of Lou Gehrig
• Slot Man: The Battle Over Truth and Ethics Between Seth Abramson and Lyz Lenz
• How To Draw Readers into the Story – Right Away
• How Donald Trump’s Rhetoric Jazzes His Base … And Splits the Nation
• Beware the Gaslighters: Some Simple Questions to Ask To Avoid Getting Manipulated
• The Broken House of Race in America
• Writing in the Time of Coronavirus
• Use Plotto. It Was Good Enough for Hitch …
• Tommy Tomlinson on Obesity, Shame, Courage, Storytelling, and Writing
• Haskell Wexler’s Lesson for Writers: Gather Lots and Lots of Materials … And Only Then, Organize and Write Your Piece
• Daniel Menaker on Tragedy, Checking Facts, Writing, and the State of Publishing
• How He Does It: Robert Caro Explains His Research and Writing Process
• Tina Cassidy on Beats, Book Topics, Foils, and Plotting
• The One Idea: Success and Failure
• Always Write About Just One Idea. Here’s How.
• Create a Great Setting for a Story: A Small, Knowable Place
• The Power of Artifacts in Storytelling: Put Something in Your Character’s Hands
• Seven Essential Skills for Storytelling
• The Arc: How ‘Mad Men’ Tracked the Emotions of Life in Its Campaigns
• The Two Yous
• Science and Storytelling
• Storytelling and Branding
• That Pixar Storytelling List
• How to Be Creative, One Step at a Time
• Why We Must Cultivate a ‘Beginner’s Mind’ … And How To Do It
• Follow This Day-by-Day Guide To Write Your Book (Not Just During NaNoWriMo)
• Beyond the Character Dossier: Fifty Questions for Donald Trump
• The Clue Where You Sit
• Shut Up and Listen: Brian Lamb’s Approach to Interviewing
• How to Create Cliffhangers and Surprise
• The Power of Status Details
• Spinning the Wheel: Change Your Characters’ Roles
• The Power of Parables and Fairy Tales
• The Enduring (And Sometimes Creepy) Power of Fairy Tales
• Hitchcock on the Element of Time
• The Power of Beats
• Use the 1-2-3 Code to Give Your Writing Clarity and Power
• Writing Tips from the Pros
• The Power of Patterns
• Use the Character Dossier To Create a Memorable Character
• Halberstamitis
• Presidents and Metaphors
• Dennis Littky Writes the Story of School Reform