“The Science Of Storytelling” by Will Storr (2019)

“We know how this ends.”

Just a quick one today as, ironically, there’s not much plot here. In Will Storr’s book The Science of Storytelling, he explores why humans tell stories, how to tell them well, and what makes a good one. Without being too technical, he covers psychology, philosophy, neurology and narratology in small bitesize chunks.

Along the way we learn why we’ve been telling the story of King Lear since before we came down from the trees, what it would take to make a three-hour biopi...