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Books like Story
A rigorous, passionate masterclass that dismantles the mechanics of narrative to reveal the beating heart of human storytelling. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Story.
- intellectual
- rigorous
- inspiring
- focused
- 01
Save the cat!
Blake Snyder
A fast-talking, highly pragmatic Hollywood mentor hands you the ultimate cheat sheet for making your story work.
- 02
Techniques of the Selling Writer
Dwight V. Swain
A pragmatic, nuts-and-bolts guide that demystifies the mechanics of writing compelling fiction.
- 03
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud · 1994
A playful, mind-expanding masterclass in visual storytelling that fundamentally changes how you look at art, time, and human communication.
- 04
How fiction works
James Wood · 2009
An illuminating masterclass that permanently alters the way you experience the architecture of a sentence.
- 05
How to write a play
Lajos Egri · 1942
A masterclass in storytelling that strips away the mystery of plot to reveal the beating, conflicted heart of human nature.
- 06
Understanding movies
Louis D. Giannetti
An illuminating masterclass that forever changes how you watch the silver screen.
- 07
Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins
Annette Simmons
A grounding guide to finding the human heartbeat beneath the cold data of modern business communication.
- 08
The hero with a thousand faces
Joseph Campbell · 1949
A sweeping, scholarly descent into the collective unconscious that reveals the single, beating heart behind every story ever told.
- 09
On directing film
David Mamet
A blunt, brilliant masterclass in stripping away the fat and telling a story purely through the collision of images.
- 10
A history of narrative film
David A. Cook · 1981
A sweeping, encyclopedic journey through the darkened theaters of history, tracing how moving pictures learned to tell stories.
- 11
True and False
David Mamet
A blistering, no-excuses manifesto that strips the mysticism away from the craft of performance.
- 12
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
Orson Scott Card
A pragmatic, encouraging masterclass that demystifies the architecture of speculative fiction.
