Storytelling Resources
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Here are some storytelling resources I’ve found helpful. Some of these sources are a step removed from storytelling but may also help develop an understanding of the craft.
Other than what’s in the table below, you can check out:
My List of Story Particles (Image Schemas)
*Bookshop Storytelling Resources List
| Title | Author | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling | Khan Academy and Pixar | Website |
| Pandemonium, Inc. | Michael Arndt | Video |
| Creative Writing Lectures at BYU | Brandon Sanderson | Video |
| The Common Lie Writers Tell You | Brandon Sanderson | Video |
| Crash Course | Crash Course | Video |
| Lessons from the Screenplay | Michael Tucker | Video |
| The Screenwriting Life | Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna | Podcast |
| You Are a Storyteller | Brian McDonald and Jesse Bryan | Podcast |
| Speaking of Psychology | The American Psychological Association (APA) | Podcast |
| *Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling | Philip Pullman | Book |
| *Invisible Ink | Brian McDonald | Book |
| *Land of the Dead | Brian McDonald | Book |
| *The Golden Theme | Brian McDonald | Book |
| *Steering the Craft | Ursula K. Le Guin | Book |
| *Atlas of the Heart | Brené Brown | Book |
| *Metaphors We Live By | George Lakoff and Mark Johnson | Book |
| *The Literary Mind: The Origins of Thought and Language | Mark Turner | Book |
| *More Than Cool Reason | George Lakoff and Mark Turner | Book |
| *What I Talk About When I Talk About Running | Haruki Murakami | Book |
| *On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy | Carl Rogers | Book |
| *Directing Actors | Judith Weston | Book |
| *The Elements of Style | William Strunk and E.B. White | Book |
| *Creativity, Inc. | Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace | Book |
| Embodied Understanding | Mark Johnson | Academic |