This Is Your Brain On Stories
If you want people to care about what you say, make it a story. It’s a biological certainty . When you listen to a story, every part of your brain...
We ❤️ Heroes
Trust and love in our world’s mightiest heroes have been irreversibly seared into our brains, and that’s probably a good thing. You can’t go...
Storyteller Spotlight: Klara Fichter
Last week, we sent out a fun storytelling mission to Klara Fichter, a talented young writer about to start her first novel, and asked her to...
Voice
The voice behind a story is everything. For example, imagine if The Lord of the Rings was told by a corporate middle manager: *** Gandalf: Frodo do...
The Skin Jump
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Storyteller Spotlight: Lilly Fleming
Lilly Fleming, 11, has been with Written Out Loud for two years now and has been one of the funniest, most gracious students I’ve had the pleasure...
The Story of 10th and 2nd
It starts with a woman and her dog. Well, it doesn’t really, but that’s where I, and therefore we, start: with a woman and her dog, seen from...