The Science of Storytelling

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Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,471 ratings
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On Fairy-Stories
On Fairy-Stories 4.07 avg rating — 690 ratings
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On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature 4.28 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland 3.95 avg rating — 4,926 ratings
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The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human 3.70 avg rating — 6,944 ratings
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From Elfland to Poughkeepsie
From Elfland to Poughkeepsie 4.06 avg rating — 84 ratings
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Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories
Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories 4.14 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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An Experiment in Criticism
An Experiment in Criticism 4.21 avg rating — 3,222 ratings
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Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool
Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool 3.98 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book
Pete Seeger's Storytelling Book 3.88 avg rating — 52 ratings
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The Healing Heart for Communities: Storytelling for Strong and Healthy Communities
The Healing Heart for Communities: Storytelling for Strong and Healthy Communities 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling
Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling 4.12 avg rating — 2,589 ratings
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Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism
Tolstoy or Dostoevsky: An Essay in the Old Criticism 4.26 avg rating — 450 ratings
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Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation
Passionate Fact: Storytelling in Natural History and Cultural Interpretation 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Acting for Animators: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation
Acting for Animators: A Complete Guide to Performance Animation
by: Ed Hooks
4.13 avg rating — 223 ratings
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Tell Me a Tale: A Book about Storytelling
Tell Me a Tale: A Book about Storytelling 3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit
Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit 4.23 avg rating — 393 ratings
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The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness
The Poetry of Everyday Life: Storytelling and the Art of Awareness 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling
Our Stories Remember: American Indian History, Culture and Values through Storytelling 4.20 avg rating — 125 ratings
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Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing
Style is the Rocket: and Other Essays on Writing
by: Tom Simon
4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Personal Storytelling: Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Personal Storytelling: Discovering the Extraordinary in the Ordinary 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Death Carries a Camcorder: Essays on fantasy writing
Death Carries a Camcorder: Essays on fantasy writing
by: Tom Simon
4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sir Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry & Astrophel and Stella
Sir Philip Sidney: An Apology for Poetry & Astrophel and Stella 3.52 avg rating — 81 ratings
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Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling
Your Mythic Journey: Finding Meaning in Your Life Through Writing and Storytelling
by: Sam Keen
3.76 avg rating — 147 ratings
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Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
Writing Down the Dragon: and Other Essays on the Tolkien Method and the Craft of Fantasy
by: Tom Simon
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Chuck Jones: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists Series)
Chuck Jones: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists Series) 4.44 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing
Wrede on Writing: Tips, Hints, and Opinions on Writing 4.16 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare
Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare 3.59 avg rating — 153 ratings
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Studies in Words
Studies in Words 4.20 avg rating — 490 ratings
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Craft Notes for Animators
Craft Notes for Animators
by: Ed Hooks
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You
Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You 4.08 avg rating — 20,955 ratings
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The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase 4.36 avg rating — 7,147 ratings
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The Rhetoric of Fiction
The Rhetoric of Fiction 4.01 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
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Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader
Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader 4.29 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
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A Rhetoric of Irony (Phoenix Books)
A Rhetoric of Irony (Phoenix Books) 3.92 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Dramatica: A New Theory of Story
Dramatica: A New Theory of Story 4.03 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft
Take Joy: The Writers Guide To Loving The Craft 4.06 avg rating — 527 ratings
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction 4.27 avg rating — 1,958 ratings
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers 3.99 avg rating — 6,231 ratings
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Politics and the English Language
Politics and the English Language 4.29 avg rating — 8,369 ratings
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Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level
Writing the Breakout Novel: Insider Advice for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level 4.08 avg rating — 4,062 ratings
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Story Engineering
Story Engineering 4.09 avg rating — 3,272 ratings
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The Art of Fiction
The Art of Fiction 3.92 avg rating — 2,983 ratings
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The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales
The Owl, The Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales 4.29 avg rating — 87 ratings
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Morphology of the Folktale
Morphology of the Folktale 4.01 avg rating — 2,128 ratings
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The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays
The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays 3.96 avg rating — 4,007 ratings
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature 4.28 avg rating — 3,175 ratings
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The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings
The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings 4.23 avg rating — 1,425 ratings
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology 3.95 avg rating — 6,103 ratings
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Tolkien On Fairy-stories
Tolkien On Fairy-stories 4.32 avg rating — 4,629 ratings
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A Preface to Paradise Lost
A Preface to Paradise Lost 4.26 avg rating — 1,646 ratings
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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation
The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation 4.37 avg rating — 4,905 ratings
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Aspects of the Novel
Aspects of the Novel 3.80 avg rating — 4,858 ratings
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The Animator's Survival Kit
The Animator's Survival Kit 4.41 avg rating — 7,983 ratings
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The Philosophy of Composition
The Philosophy of Composition 3.69 avg rating — 728 ratings
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The Last Straw: A Critical Autopsy of a Galaxy Far, Far Away
The Last Straw: A Critical Autopsy of a Galaxy Far, Far Away 4.31 avg rating — 49 ratings
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How to Tell a Story and Other Essays
How to Tell a Story and Other Essays 3.62 avg rating — 2,119 ratings
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From Barsoom to Malacandra: Musings on Things Past and Things to Come
From Barsoom to Malacandra: Musings on Things Past and Things to Come 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Reflections: On the Magic of Writing
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing 4.32 avg rating — 951 ratings
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The Lament of Prometheus: An Examination of David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus
The Lament of Prometheus: An Examination of David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Writing Dialogue
Writing Dialogue 3.80 avg rating — 395 ratings
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Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth
Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth 3.80 avg rating — 168 ratings
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The Lore of the Unicorn
The Lore of the Unicorn 3.76 avg rating — 217 ratings
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Talent is not enough: Mollie Hunter on writing for children
Talent is not enough: Mollie Hunter on writing for children 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Pied Piper Syndrome and Other Essays
The Pied Piper Syndrome and Other Essays 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens 4.13 avg rating — 119 ratings
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A Dish of Orts
A Dish of Orts 4.37 avg rating — 73 ratings
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces 4.13 avg rating — 44,163 ratings
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 4.01 avg rating — 129,131 ratings
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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels 4.34 avg rating — 9,603 ratings
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Man and His Symbols
Man and His Symbols
by: C.G. Jung
4.19 avg rating — 32,157 ratings
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Essays on a Science of Mythology
Essays on a Science of Mythology
by: C.G. Jung
4.04 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating — 21,031 ratings
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The Victorian Age in Literature
The Victorian Age in Literature 3.80 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Aion (Collected Works 9ii)
Aion (Collected Works 9ii)
by: C.G. Jung
4.37 avg rating — 1,600 ratings
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The Book of Werewolves
The Book of Werewolves 3.46 avg rating — 1,475 ratings
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Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature 4.15 avg rating — 224 ratings
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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms And Superstitions Of Ireland
Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms And Superstitions Of Ireland 3.82 avg rating — 218 ratings
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The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries
The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries 4.12 avg rating — 784 ratings
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 1
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 1 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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British goblins : Welsh folk-lore, fairy mythology, legends and traditions. By: Wirt Sikes illustrated by: T. H. Thomas
British goblins : Welsh folk-lore, fairy mythology, legends and traditions. By: Wirt Sikes illustrated by: T. H. Thomas 3.87 avg rating — 339 ratings
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An Apology for Poetry: Or The Defence of Poesy
An Apology for Poetry: Or The Defence of Poesy 3.63 avg rating — 2,179 ratings
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A Defence of Nonsense, and Other Essays
A Defence of Nonsense, and Other Essays 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Essay Writing Guide
Essay Writing Guide 4.11 avg rating — 288 ratings
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting 4.27 avg rating — 17,105 ratings
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Anatomy of Criticism
Anatomy of Criticism 4.09 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
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The Educated Imagination (Midland Book)
The Educated Imagination (Midland Book) 4.11 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
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Myth and Reality
Myth and Reality 4.10 avg rating — 1,164 ratings
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In Defence of Poetry
In Defence of Poetry 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
Charles Dickens: A Critical Study really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 417 ratings
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Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics
Problems of Dostoevsky's Poetics 4.36 avg rating — 1,140 ratings
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The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and Milton
The Elizabethan World Picture: A Study of the Idea of Order in the Age of Shakespeare, Donne and Milton 3.81 avg rating — 825 ratings