story-world
A story consists of a sequence of actions that occur when a sympathetic character encounters a complicating situation that he confronts and solves. Storycraft
Bombarded by information from “all directions and all at once,” in the words of McLuhan, we seek structure. The internet forces us to search, consciously or not, for anything that promises to make the chaos coherent—to pattern-match. This explains the appeal of fandom as much as the appeal of authoritarian ideologies: they both promise a frame thro... See more
Internet Overexposure Syndrome
one should never forget that all of perceptual reality, like social reality, is built on fictions that we ourselves are mostly responsibly for furnishing
Can One Become a Different Person?
Complication resolution. Only trouble is interesting. Why pay attention to somebody who’s content, who has no reason to act, no challenge to meet and nothing to teach us about coping with the world. Resolution is the ultimate aim of every story. The resolution releases, the dramatic tension created as the protagonist struggles with the complication
... See moreControl is why brains are on constant alert for the unexpected. Unexpected change is a portal through which danger arrives to swipe at our throats. Paradoxically, however, change is also an opportunity. It’s the crack in the universe through which the future arrives. Change is hope. Change is promise. It’s our winding path to a more successful tomo
... See moreWill Storr • The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
To achieve identification, we must understand our audience’s story-world – their heroes, villains, values, fears, hopes, obstacles and goals – and somehow reflect it back to them.
Will Storr • A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade
A Story is a Deal: How to use the science of storytelling to lead, motivate and persuade
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Fairy tales thrive precisely because they offer clear, archetypal portrayals of good versus evil, and cautionary lessons that cut through intellectual ambiguity and directly engage our emotions.