Storytelling is how we make sense of the world. In this episode of the podcast Lisa Cron talks to us about how we're hardwired to respond to story. 

• Lisa's early love for story telling from an early age
• The reason finding the thing you love is a struggle 
• Why story is a hardwired survial mechanism 
• The reason stories help us to navigate reality 
• Understanding how to shape and develop stories 
• Why making the impossible possible is a journey
• Digging deep enough to find your true gift is
• Why we tend to think in terms of stories 
• Separating the things that make us feel successfull externally and internally
• The challenges of pursusing any path on your own 
• How story and the brain evolved in tandem
• Why story is incredibly effective for changing behavior 
• The reason we make every decision based on emotion 
• Using stories to change our behavior 

Lisa Cron is the author of Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers From the Very First Sentence. 

Storytelling is how we make sense of the world. In this episode of the podcast Lisa Cron talks to us about how we're hardwired to respond to story. 

• Lisa's early love for story telling from an early age
• The reason finding the thing you love is a struggle 
• Why story is a hardwired survial mechanism 
• The reason stories help us to navigate reality 
• Understanding how to shape and develop stories 
• Why making the impossible possible is a journey
• Digging deep enough to find your true gift is
• Why we tend to think in terms of stories 
• Separating the things that make us feel successfull externally and internally
• The challenges of pursusing any path on your own 
• How story and the brain evolved in tandem
• Why story is incredibly effective for changing behavior 
• The reason we make every decision based on emotion 
• Using stories to change our behavior 

Lisa Cron is the author of Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers From the Very First Sentence. 

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Broadcast on:

02 Jun 2014