📖 Narrative Skills

Practical guides to developing the craft of storytelling, building the core competencies that make someone a compelling communicator across any medium.

Storyworthy

by Matthew Dicks • 2018

Find the hidden moments in your life and a structure to turn them into unforgettable stories.

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🎤 Personal Storytelling 🗣️ Oral Storytelling ✍️ Memoir Writing 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Public Speaking

Storyworthy 90%

Find the hidden moments in your life and a structure to turn them into unforgettable stories.

by Matthew Dicks 2018

4.26

8k+ ratings

🎤 Personal Storytelling 🗣️ Oral Storytelling ✍️ Memoir Writing 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Public Speaking

How to Tell a Story

by Meg Bowles • 2022

Find your story's stakes, build its scenes, and deliver it so a room leans in.

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3k+

🎤 Oral Storytelling 📖 Personal Narrative 🏗️ Story Structure 🎙️ Public Speaking 🎬 Scene Building

How to Tell a Story 90%

Find your story's stakes, build its scenes, and deliver it so a room leans in.

by Meg Bowles 2022

3.86

3k+ ratings

🎤 Oral Storytelling 📖 Personal Narrative 🏗️ Story Structure 🎙️ Public Speaking 🎬 Scene Building

The Storytelling Code

by Dana Norris • 2020

The craft rules for finding, shaping, and delivering a story that holds any audience, any setting.

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163

📝 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Public Speaking 🪞 Personal Storytelling 💼 Business Communication

The Storytelling Code 90%

The craft rules for finding, shaping, and delivering a story that holds any audience, any setting.

by Dana Norris 2020

4.01

163 ratings

📝 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎤 Public Speaking 🪞 Personal Storytelling 💼 Business Communication

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint

by Nancy Kress • 2005

Viewpoint controls what your readers know, who they root for, and what the story finally means.

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🖋️ Narrative Craft 👁️ Point Of View 🎭 Character Development 🔭 Narrative Distance ✍️ Writing Exercises

Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint 90%

Viewpoint controls what your readers know, who they root for, and what the story finally means.

by Nancy Kress 2005

4.05

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Narrative Craft 👁️ Point Of View 🎭 Character Development 🔭 Narrative Distance ✍️ Writing Exercises

Wordcraft

by Jack R. Hart • 2021

Writing isn't magic. A step-by-step method for clear, powerful prose, from idea to final polish.

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107

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🖋️ Prose Style 🎬 Show Don't Tell 🎵 Sentence Rhythm

Wordcraft 89%

Writing isn't magic. A step-by-step method for clear, powerful prose, from idea to final polish.

by Jack R. Hart 2021

4.13

107 ratings

🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Narrative Nonfiction 🖋️ Prose Style 🎬 Show Don't Tell 🎵 Sentence Rhythm

Description

by Monica Wood • 1995

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

4.06

610

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

Description 89%

Description isn't decoration: the craft of building a world readers can see, hear, and feel.

by Monica Wood 1995

4.06

610 ratings

🛠️ Fiction Craft 🖊️ Descriptive Writing ⚖️ Showing Vs Telling 👁️ Point Of View 💬 Dialogue Craft

Long Story Short

by Margot Leitman • 2015

Your life is a goldmine of stories. The practical guide to mining it and captivating any audience.

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📖 Storytelling Techniques 🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Personal Narrative 💼 Business Storytelling 😄 Humor Writing

Long Story Short 89%

Your life is a goldmine of stories. The practical guide to mining it and captivating any audience.

by Margot Leitman 2015

3.80

1k+ ratings

📖 Storytelling Techniques 🎤 Public Speaking ✍️ Personal Narrative 💼 Business Storytelling 😄 Humor Writing

The Story Grid

by Shawn Coyne • 2015

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

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🎭 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🔧 Structural Editing 🔍 Scene Craft 🎯 Story Beats

The Story Grid 89%

Why stories fail, scene by scene: an editor's diagnostic that finds the break and the fix.

by Shawn Coyne 2015

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2k+ ratings

🎭 Storytelling Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🔧 Structural Editing 🔍 Scene Craft 🎯 Story Beats

Documentary Storytelling

by Sheila Curran Bernard • 2010

From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.

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148

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📐 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling ✍️ Creative Nonfiction 🎥 Film Production

Documentary Storytelling 89%

From research to final cut: the craft rules for making nonfiction films that grip like fiction.

by Sheila Curran Bernard 2010

4.00

148 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📐 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Storytelling ✍️ Creative Nonfiction 🎥 Film Production

Techniques of the Selling Writer

by Dwight V. Swain • 1965

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

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2k+

🎬 Scene Structure ⚡ Dramatic Tension 👥 Character Development 💓 Emotional Resonance 🧱 Story Structure

Techniques of the Selling Writer Summary

Techniques of the Selling Writer 89%

Master the rhythm of conflict and emotional reaction that makes any story impossible to put down.

by Dwight V. Swain 1965

4.33

2k+ ratings

🎬 Scene Structure ⚡ Dramatic Tension 👥 Character Development 💓 Emotional Resonance 🧱 Story Structure

Wired for Story

by Lisa Cron • 2012

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

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🧱 Storytelling Craft 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ⚡ Conflict And Tension

Wired for Story 89%

Your reader's brain evolved to crave story. Neuroscience now knows what it expects from yours.

by Lisa Cron 2012

4.20

6k+ ratings

🧱 Storytelling Craft 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ⚡ Conflict And Tension

The Storyteller's Secret

by Carmine Gallo • 2016

Master the three-act structure and emotional hooks that turn any story into a force for influence.

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3k+

🏢 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 🤝 Authentic Storytelling 🎨 Visual Storytelling 💪 Overcoming Adversity

The Storyteller's Secret 89%

Master the three-act structure and emotional hooks that turn any story into a force for influence.

by Carmine Gallo 2016

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏢 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 🤝 Authentic Storytelling 🎨 Visual Storytelling 💪 Overcoming Adversity

The Art and Craft of Storytelling

by Nancy Lamb • 2008

Fiction's core toolkit: structure that moves, characters who breathe, and revision that polishes.

4.06

204

📖 Fiction Writing 🎭 Storytelling Craft 👤 Character Development 🧱 Plot Structure 🎙️ Narrative Voice

The Art and Craft of Storytelling Summary

The Art and Craft of Storytelling 89%

Fiction's core toolkit: structure that moves, characters who breathe, and revision that polishes.

by Nancy Lamb 2008

4.06

204 ratings

📖 Fiction Writing 🎭 Storytelling Craft 👤 Character Development 🧱 Plot Structure 🎙️ Narrative Voice

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers

by Renni Browne • 1993

The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.

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7k+

✍️ Fiction Editing 🔍 Self-Editing 🎭 Show Don't Tell 💬 Dialogue Craft 👁️ Point Of View

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Summary

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers 89%

The self-editing techniques that find and fix the flaws keeping your novel from publication.

by Renni Browne 1993

4.25

7k+ ratings

✍️ Fiction Editing 🔍 Self-Editing 🎭 Show Don't Tell 💬 Dialogue Craft 👁️ Point Of View

Steering The Craft

by Ursula K. Le Guin • 1998

Hear your prose, fix your grammar, and cut what drags: a master novelist's craft manual.

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6k+

✍️ Prose Style 📖 Narrative Craft ✏️ Grammar And Style 🏋️ Writing Exercises 👁️ Voice And Point Of View

Steering The Craft 89%

Hear your prose, fix your grammar, and cut what drags: a master novelist's craft manual.

by Ursula K. Le Guin 1998

4.24

6k+ ratings

✍️ Prose Style 📖 Narrative Craft ✏️ Grammar And Style 🏋️ Writing Exercises 👁️ Voice And Point Of View

Storytelling in Business

by Janis Forman • 2013

Strategy is a story. How the best organizations build storytelling into a systematic capability.

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🏢 Corporate Storytelling 📢 Brand Storytelling 🎤 Executive Communication 🗺️ Strategic Narrative ✍️ Storytelling Techniques

Storytelling in Business 89%

Strategy is a story. How the best organizations build storytelling into a systematic capability.

by Janis Forman 2013

3.53

17 ratings

🏢 Corporate Storytelling 📢 Brand Storytelling 🎤 Executive Communication 🗺️ Strategic Narrative ✍️ Storytelling Techniques

Storycraft

by Jack R. Hart • 2011

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

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🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

Storycraft 89%

Journalists can deploy every fiction technique except making things up. A veteran editor shows how.

by Jack R. Hart 2011

4.25

1k+ ratings

🎤 Narrative Journalism 📖 Literary Journalism 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Scene Craft 🔍 Immersion Reporting

Video Game Storytelling

by Evan Skolnick • 2014

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

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503

🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

Video Game Storytelling 89%

Screenwriting's classic tools applied to games, so story and gameplay pull the same direction.

by Evan Skolnick 2014

3.99

503 ratings

🎮 Game Writing 📖 Interactive Storytelling 📐 Story Structure 🧑 Character Arcs 🏛️ Mythic Structure

The Story Factor

by Annette Simmons • 2000

Six story types that earn trust and move people when facts and data can't.

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📊 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🎤 Public Speaking 🤝 Authentic Leadership 👥 Leaders And Managers

The Story Factor 88%

Six story types that earn trust and move people when facts and data can't.

by Annette Simmons 2000

3.82

3k+ ratings

📊 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🎤 Public Speaking 🤝 Authentic Leadership 👥 Leaders And Managers

Putting Stories to Work

by Shawn Callahan • 2016

Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.

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186

🏢 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Oral Storytelling 💼 Workplace Stories 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Putting Stories to Work 88%

Sixty-five percent of office talk is already story. A system to make your stories stick.

by Shawn Callahan 2016

3.96

186 ratings

🏢 Business Storytelling 🗣️ Oral Storytelling 💼 Workplace Stories 🔄 Habit Formation 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Storytelling for Lawyers

by Philip N. Meyer • 2013

Courtrooms run on stories. The craft tools borrowed from film and fiction that decide who wins.

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101

📚 Legal Storytelling ⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development

Storytelling for Lawyers 88%

Courtrooms run on stories. The craft tools borrowed from film and fiction that decide who wins.

by Philip N. Meyer 2013

3.71

101 ratings

📚 Legal Storytelling ⚖️ Trial Advocacy 🗣️ Narrative Persuasion 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Development

Everyday Business Storytelling

by Janine Kurnoff • 2021

Business presentations fail because they lack story. A simple framework that fixes this.

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🎬 Business Storytelling 📊 Presentation Skills 📖 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Communication 🏢 Executive Communication

Everyday Business Storytelling 88%

Business presentations fail because they lack story. A simple framework that fixes this.

by Janine Kurnoff 2021

4.31

268 ratings

🎬 Business Storytelling 📊 Presentation Skills 📖 Narrative Structure 👁️ Visual Communication 🏢 Executive Communication

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career

by James Scott Bell • 2016

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

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743

📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career Summary

How to Write Short Stories And Use Them to Further Your Writing Career 88%

One moment, properly placed, can make a short story unforgettable and launch a career.

by James Scott Bell 2016

3.87

743 ratings

📖 Short Fiction 🏗️ Narrative Structure 💓 Emotional Resonance 👁️ Point Of View 📈 Publishing Strategy

Storythinking

by Angus Fletcher • 2023

Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.

3.57

🧠 Narrative Intelligence 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ↔️ Logic Vs Narrative 💡 Creative Cognition 🤖 Limits Of AI

Storythinking 88%

Story isn't just for communication: it's an ancient intelligence that logic and AI can't touch.

by Angus Fletcher 2023

3.57

81 ratings

🧠 Narrative Intelligence 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology ↔️ Logic Vs Narrative 💡 Creative Cognition 🤖 Limits Of AI

Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict

by Cheryl St. John • 2013

For novelists: how to build stories on emotion, tension, and conflict so readers cannot look away.

4.06

372

🖋️ Fiction Craft 💔 Emotional Storytelling 👤 Character Development ⚡ Narrative Tension 👁️ Point Of View

Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict Summary

Writing With Emotion, Tension, and Conflict 88%

For novelists: how to build stories on emotion, tension, and conflict so readers cannot look away.

by Cheryl St. John 2013

4.06

372 ratings

🖋️ Fiction Craft 💔 Emotional Storytelling 👤 Character Development ⚡ Narrative Tension 👁️ Point Of View

Writing for Emotional Impact

by Karl Iglesias • 2005

Only ink on the page. Emotional techniques for making a script reader feel what movie would.

4.27

710

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ❤️ Emotional Storytelling 📖 Reader Engagement 🧑 Character Empathy 🏞️ Scene Craft

Writing for Emotional Impact 88%

Only ink on the page. Emotional techniques for making a script reader feel what movie would.

by Karl Iglesias 2005

4.27

710 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ❤️ Emotional Storytelling 📖 Reader Engagement 🧑 Character Empathy 🏞️ Scene Craft

Damn Fine Story

by Chuck Wendig • 2017

Storytelling starts when a character's world breaks. The tools for what comes next.

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1k+

📝 Storytelling Craft ✍️ Fiction Writing 👤 Character Craft 🏗️ Plot Structure ⚡ Narrative Tension

Damn Fine Story 88%

Storytelling starts when a character's world breaks. The tools for what comes next.

by Chuck Wendig 2017

4.36

1k+ ratings

📝 Storytelling Craft ✍️ Fiction Writing 👤 Character Craft 🏗️ Plot Structure ⚡ Narrative Tension

Draft No. 4

by John McPhee • 2013

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

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4k+

📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

Draft No. 4 88%

How a New Yorker writer earns every sentence: drafts, checking, silence, and a dictionary.

by John McPhee 2013

4.09

4k+ ratings

📝 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ The Revision Process 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🎙️ Interview Techniques 💎 Prose Style

Plot Perfect

by Paula Munier • 2014

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

4.25

461

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

Plot Perfect 88%

Build novels scene by scene, using theme as your compass and emotional rhythm as your engine.

by Paula Munier 2014

4.25

461 ratings

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 🧭 Theme-Driven Fiction ⏱️ Narrative Pacing 🎭 Character Arcs

Stories at Work

by Indranil Chakraborty • 2018

Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.

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383

🎙️ Business Storytelling 📚 Story Structure 🧠 Narrative Neuroscience 🔁 Change Communication 🤝 Rapport Building

Stories at Work 88%

Dry facts are forgotten. A retrieval system and four patterns that make ideas stick and spread.

by Indranil Chakraborty 2018

4.04

383 ratings

🎙️ Business Storytelling 📚 Story Structure 🧠 Narrative Neuroscience 🔁 Change Communication 🤝 Rapport Building

Beginnings, Middles & Ends

by Nancy Kress • 1992

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

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3k+

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

Beginnings, Middles & Ends 88%

Three pages to lose an editor: a framework for beginnings, middles, and endings that deliver.

by Nancy Kress 1992

4.00

3k+ ratings

📖 Fiction Craft 🏗 Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Arcs 🪝 Opening Hooks

The Emotional Craft of Fiction

by Donald Maass • 2016

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

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3k+

🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

The Emotional Craft of Fiction 88%

Move past showing versus telling: design a story that gives readers their own emotional journey.

by Donald Maass 2016

4.25

3k+ ratings

🖋️ Fiction Writing 📖 Storytelling Techniques 💕 Reader Engagement 🎭 Subtext 🧑 Character Development

Make a Scene

by Jordan Rosenfeld • 2007

A novel lives or dies scene by scene. A blueprint for making every moment count.

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✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Development 🛠️ Writing Technique

Make a Scene 88%

A novel lives or dies scene by scene. A blueprint for making every moment count.

by Jordan Rosenfeld 2007

4.07

1k+ ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 📈 Plot Development 🎭 Character Development 🛠️ Writing Technique

Stories That Stick

by Kindra Hall • 2019

The story framework that turns prospects into believers, and the neuroscience that explains why.

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4k+

🎬 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 📣 Marketing Strategy 🧠 Narrative Persuasion 🏷️ Brand Storytelling

Stories That Stick 88%

The story framework that turns prospects into believers, and the neuroscience that explains why.

by Kindra Hall 2019

4.22

4k+ ratings

🎬 Business Storytelling 📖 Story Structure 📣 Marketing Strategy 🧠 Narrative Persuasion 🏷️ Brand Storytelling

The Art of Fiction

by John Gardner • 1984

Master the craft that makes readers forget the page and live inside your story.

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6k+

🖊️ Fiction Craft ✍️ Prose Style 📖 Narrative Technique 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development

The Art of Fiction 88%

Master the craft that makes readers forget the page and live inside your story.

by John Gardner 1984

3.99

6k+ ratings

🖊️ Fiction Craft ✍️ Prose Style 📖 Narrative Technique 🏗️ Plot Structure 🎭 Character Development

Dialogue

by Gloria Kempton • 2004

Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.

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1k+

📝 Fiction Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🎭 Character Voice 🧵 Narrative Technique ✍️ Writing Mechanics

Dialogue 88%

Stilted dialogue comes from writing it, not channeling it. Make characters speak for themselves.

by Gloria Kempton 2004

3.97

1k+ ratings

📝 Fiction Writing 💬 Dialogue Craft 🎭 Character Voice 🧵 Narrative Technique ✍️ Writing Mechanics

The Anatomy of Story

by John Truby • 2007

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

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7k+

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Fiction Craft 🌱 Organic Storytelling 📈 Plot Development

The Anatomy of Story 88%

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

by John Truby 2007

4.25

7k+ ratings

🏗️ Story Structure 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Fiction Craft 🌱 Organic Storytelling 📈 Plot Development

The Perfect Story

by Karen Eber • 2023

Tell better stories by designing them for your audience's brain, not your own memories.

3.78

316

📈 Business Storytelling 🏢 Corporate Communication 🎯 Audience Design 🧱 Narrative Structure 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story

The Perfect Story 88%

Tell better stories by designing them for your audience's brain, not your own memories.

by Karen Eber 2023

3.78

316 ratings

📈 Business Storytelling 🏢 Corporate Communication 🎯 Audience Design 🧱 Narrative Structure 🧠 Neuroscience Of Story

Immediate Fiction

by Jerry Cleaver • 2002

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

4.14

755

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

Immediate Fiction 88%

A no-jargon writing method that centers on conflict and emotion, and how to finish the stuck draft.

by Jerry Cleaver 2002

4.14

755 ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Story Structure ⚔️ Narrative Conflict 💔 Emotional Storytelling 🎬 Scene Writing

Hooked

by Les Edgerton • 2007

The inciting incident is page one. Cut the backstory and open with trouble: here is how.

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2k+

🖋️ Fiction Writing 🚪 Story Openings 🧵 Narrative Craft ⚡ Inciting Incidents ⚔️ Tension And Conflict

Hooked 88%

The inciting incident is page one. Cut the backstory and open with trouble: here is how.

by Les Edgerton 2007

4.02

2k+ ratings

🖋️ Fiction Writing 🚪 Story Openings 🧵 Narrative Craft ⚡ Inciting Incidents ⚔️ Tension And Conflict

Description & Setting

by Ron Rozelle • 2005

Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.

4.02

954

✍️ Writing Craft 🖼️ Descriptive Writing 📖 Fiction Technique 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🗺️ Setting Development

Description & Setting 88%

Harvest details. Deploy the senses. Make setting an engine for character, mood, and plot.

by Ron Rozelle 2005

4.02

954 ratings

✍️ Writing Craft 🖼️ Descriptive Writing 📖 Fiction Technique 👁️ Show Don't Tell 🗺️ Setting Development

TED Talks Storytelling

by Akash Karia • 2013

One thing all great TED talks share, and the 23 techniques that make it work.

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2k+

🎤 Public Speaking 🎙️ Ted Talks 🧱 Story Structure 🙋 Audience Engagement 🖋️ Descriptive Writing

TED Talks Storytelling 88%

One thing all great TED talks share, and the 23 techniques that make it work.

by Akash Karia 2013

3.73

2k+ ratings

🎤 Public Speaking 🎙️ Ted Talks 🧱 Story Structure 🙋 Audience Engagement 🖋️ Descriptive Writing

The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children

by Nancy Lamb • 2001

Kids spot sermons from page one. Craft rules for stories they actually want to read.

4.16

307

📚 Children's Literature 🏗️ Story Structure 🎨 Creative Process ✍️ Prose Style 🗺️ Hero's Journey

The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children Summary

The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children 88%

Kids spot sermons from page one. Craft rules for stories they actually want to read.

by Nancy Lamb 2001

4.16

307 ratings

📚 Children's Literature 🏗️ Story Structure 🎨 Creative Process ✍️ Prose Style 🗺️ Hero's Journey

The Art of Subtext

by Charles Baxter • 2007

What a character won't say, can't hear, and can't admit: the hidden engine of unforgettable fiction.

4.02

1k+

📖 Narrative Craft ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎨 Fiction Aesthetics 🔍 Close Reading 👤 Character Depth

The Art of Subtext 88%

What a character won't say, can't hear, and can't admit: the hidden engine of unforgettable fiction.

by Charles Baxter 2007

4.02

1k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Craft ✍️ Writers On Writing 🎨 Fiction Aesthetics 🔍 Close Reading 👤 Character Depth

The Springboard

by Stephen Denning • 2000

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

3.29

📖 Business Storytelling 🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

The Springboard 88%

The 29-word story that outperformed the corporate deck: how oral storytelling drives change.

by Stephen Denning 2000

3.29

72 ratings

📖 Business Storytelling 🔄 Change Management 🧠 Knowledge Management 👥 Communities Of Practice 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

Crafting Novels & Short Stories

by The Writer's Digest • 2011

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

3.89

373

📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

Crafting Novels & Short Stories 88%

Character, plot, prose, and revision: the craft kit every fiction writer returns to.

by The Writer's Digest 2011

3.89

373 ratings

📝 Novel Writing 📖 Short Story Writing 🎭 Character Creation 📊 Plot Structure 💬 Dialogue Craft

Improving Your Storytelling

by Doug Lipman • 1999

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

3.59

206

🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

Improving Your Storytelling 88%

Your story, your audience, your nervous system. The craft of holding all three at once, live.

by Doug Lipman 1999

3.59

206 ratings

🎤 Oral Storytelling 🧘 Stage Presence 😰 Stage Fright 🗣️ Vocal Expression 👥 Audience Connection

Consider This

by Chuck Palahniuk • 2020

Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.

4.37

6k+

🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoir ✂️ Literary Minimalism 💔 Therapeutic Writing 🎤 Narrative Voice

Consider This 88%

Most writing advice avoids the craft that actually builds authority, tension, and voice.

by Chuck Palahniuk 2020

4.37

6k+ ratings

🖋️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoir ✂️ Literary Minimalism 💔 Therapeutic Writing 🎤 Narrative Voice

Story Engineering

by Larry Brooks • 2011

Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.

4.10

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🏗️ Story Structure ✍️ Novel Writing 🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🧑 Character Development 📈 Plot Design

Story Engineering 88%

Six storytelling skills and a four-part map that transform an idea into a novel that works.

by Larry Brooks 2011

4.10

3k+ ratings

🏗️ Story Structure ✍️ Novel Writing 🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🧑 Character Development 📈 Plot Design

Good Prose

by Tracy Kidder • 2013

Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.

3.92

1k+

📖 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ Writing Craft 🖋️ Prose Style ✂️ Revision And Editing ⚖️ Truth In Nonfiction

Good Prose 88%

Everything a Pulitzer winner and his editor know about writing nonfiction that people finish.

by Tracy Kidder 2013

3.92

1k+ ratings

📖 Narrative Nonfiction ✍️ Writing Craft 🖋️ Prose Style ✂️ Revision And Editing ⚖️ Truth In Nonfiction

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