In this first lesson we’re going to take a look at how we’re neurologically wired for story, how the way we tell a story directly impacts our reader’s interest and engagement in it, and what that means to you as a writer.

Takeaways:

• Thousands of years of storytelling have trained us to expect stories to be told in a certain pattern
• We retain information (both factual and emotional information) better when we hear it in story form
• We want our readers to take an emotional journey with us through the medium of story

For a handy breakdown of all the teaching points in this course, make sure you download the cheat sheet here