Read This Book…

If you are reading this newsletter I know I am preaching to the choir when talking about the importance of storytelling and the profound connections that can be born from a well-crafted tale. The folks at The Moth know this very, very well. The Moth is a storytelling experience that has live shows, The Moth radio hour, a podcast, and workshops. This book gathers the core of The Moth’s storytelling wisdom and knowledge and makes it available to all of us and as both a writer and a person who loves a good story, I cannot stress how invaluable this is.

This was a phenomenal read as it was not only theory and practical advice on craft but heavy doses of examples in the forms of stories that have been told at events put on by The Moth. The stories and snippets of stories shared in this book will make you laugh, cry, hope, cringe, break your heart wide open, and more. The lessons in this book are for everyone because we all, in some way, have to be storytellers at some point whether we are writers, work in marketing, have a job interview, have a speech to give, have a toast to make, have a presentation due, and myriad of other things we do that people may not think of as storytelling but they very much are.

This is a book I listened to on audiobook and I also own a hardcover copy so that I could highlight particular parts that I have returned to again and again. It is both a great read and a great gift and I cannot recommend it enough.