Storytelling Resources
Templates and Documents
| Story Spine Instructions (PDF) |
| Story Spine Template (MS Word) |
| Perspective Circle (PDF) |
| Heartbeat Template (MS Word) |
| Character Dimensions Template (MS Word) |
| Using Storytelling Strategies to Write Compelling Scenarios |
| Level up Your Scenarios |
| Interviewing SMEs for Stories |
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Links
- Story Training Checklist
- The Story Spine: Pixar’s 4th Rule of Storytelling (all 22 rules)
- Back to the Story Spine
- Formula Stories
- Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling, Part 3 - Story Structure
The Science of Storytelling
- The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains
- The Science of Storytelling: What Listening to a Story Does to Our Brains
- Why Sharing Stories Brings People Together
- Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling
- How Stories Change the Brain
- The Science Of Storytelling: How Narrative Cuts Through Distraction Like Nothing Else
- Dialogues: The Science and Power of Storytelling
- The Psychological Comforts of Storytelling
- The Science of Storytelling | Will Storr | TEDxManchester
- The magical science of storytelling | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholm
- Empathy, Neurochemistry, and the Dramatic Arc (the narrative or dramatic arc)