Description
Book SynopsisStory and Structure tells the untold story of how story works. Using just six primary symbols, author Leon Conrad outlines eighteen story structures and shows how they all optimally solve the problems which give rise to them. The book also demonstrates the much wider application of story, presenting new insights into story as a dynamic force of life, allowing the reader to access more harmony and flow in their life. Writers, storytellers, creative writing teachers, folklorists, narrative therapists, anthropologists, poets, and readers interested in how story works will all find this book useful and informative. Rethink your idea of story.
Trade Review"It's brilliant. I am on my third read through and haven't made any notes. It is informing my thinking and changing it." - Phil McDermott, Founder, The Story Emporium. "Beats Joseph Campbell at his own game." - Simon Heywood, University of Derby. "Genius approach ... Does for story what Foucault did for history." - Alexander Tsigkas, Democritus University of Thrace.
