Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence

by Lisa Cron

Story, as it turns out, was crucial to our evolution—more so than opposable thumbs.

Story is what makes us human,

In other words, we’re wired to turn to story to teach us the way of the world.

Story evolved as a way to explore our own mind and the minds of others, as a sort of dress rehearsal for the future.