storytelling is an intricate part of the human experience
“Stories are our primary tools of learning and teaching, the repositories of our lore and legends. They bring order into our confusing world. Think about how many times a day you use stories to pass along data, insights, memories or common-sense advice.”
– Edward Miller, founder of Edward Elementary, illustrator and product designer
– Edward Miller, founder of Edward Elementary, illustrator and product designer
50 Best Quotes for Storytelling — The Storyteller Agency
“We are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.” - Jonathan Gottschall, The Storytelling Animal
50 Best Quotes for Storytelling — The Storyteller Agency
But all storytellers, no matter who their intended audience, should beware of over-tightening their narratives. While it’s dangerous to leave readers feeling confused and abandoned, it’s just as risky to over-explain. Causes and effects should be shown rather than told; suggested rather than explained. If they’re not, curiosity will be extinguished
... See moreWill Storr • The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
If you want your story to linger with your audience (and that should be your goal), you should end in a place that is moving, vulnerable, or revealing, or establishes connection with the audience.
Dan Kennedy • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
We all want the complicated world we live in to make sense. So we tell ourselves stories to fill in the gaps of what are effectively blind spots.
Morgan Housel • The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness
We are always telling stories, whether we realize it or not. We might as well get good at it. Good stories win people over. They provoke and inspire and inflame the human spirit. It’s a tremendous source of power.
visakan veerasamy • a matryoshka of possibilities
The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.”
– Ben Okri, poet and novelist
– Ben Okri, poet and novelist
50 Best Quotes for Storytelling — The Storyteller Agency
Stories are everywhere. Stories are us. It’s story that makes us human.
Will Storr • The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better
In its best form, storytelling is time travel.