Books on Storytelling?

[sonny_1080]

Seems to be a common theme in marketing, sales, communication, leadership, etc… that story-telling is one of the most critical skills to master.

Anybody read any good books on how to be a better story teller?

 

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[Andy Black]

Seems to be a common theme in marketing, sales, communication, leadership, etc… that story-telling is one of the most critical skills to master.

Anybody read any good books on how to be a better story teller?

I haven’t read it, but I think this is what “Story Brand” is about.

 

[sonny_1080]

I haven’t read it, but I think this is what “Story Brand” is about.

Donald Miller?

 

[MattL]

Building a Storybrand - Donald Miller (pretty sure this is the one @Andy Black meant)
Wired for story - Lisa Cron
Everybody writes - Ann Handley
Any Seth Godin book (not about storytelling directly but great examples of how to do it)

 

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[MTF]

When exactly do you want to use storytelling? Because it's one thing to create a story behind a brand and another to use a story to be a great leader. The first one requires a myth that you keep repeating over and over again. The latter requires creating multiple stories with a nice "hero journey" arc.

 

[Lex DeVille]

I like the Microscript Rules by Bill Schley

 

[SDE]

These two were recommended in few blogs when I was searching for books to learn storytelling last year.

1. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting - Robert McKee

2. Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die - Chip Heath & Dan Heath

I am yet to read them.

 

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[woken]

I haven’t read it, but I think this is what “Story Brand” is about.

I recommend this. I’m in the process of reading it and have been for the past 4 weeks as I’m implementing along.

 

[SDE]

Here's one more resource:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1453725972876775424

View: https://twitter.com/dickiebush/status/1453725972876775424