Episode · How I Write · 2025-04-23
David Perell & Will Storr: books mentioned on How I Write
Learn Storytelling in 72 Minutes — Will Storr
Will Storr discussed A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, and The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Christmas Carol
Discussed“So, if you think about um Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, I'm only safe if I have keep all the money and love to myself. That's that's his theory of control.”
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Death of a Salesman
Discussed“Um Willie Lman in the death of a salesman is something about um success is all that matters. You know, success in the world. that's all that matters. so, so he's he's he's obsessed with the idea of success both for for him and his sons.”
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The Remains of the Day
Discussed“And so in the science of storytelling, the book I've written about all this, I I I I go in detail at the book The Remains of the Day by Kazu Ishiguru, you know, hugely respected literary author.”
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The Seven Basic Plots
Discussed“And that's basically Jaws as has been documented by Christopher Booker in the seven basic plots. He begins his book by by saying bear wolf is Jaws but a thousand years ago.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Science of Storytelling
“And so in the science of storytelling, the book I've written about all this, I I I I go in detail at the book The Remains of the Day by Kazu Ishiguru, you know, hugely respected literary author.”