Storytelling (a Masterclass In Crafting Stories)

By (author) Allende, Isabel
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Inspired by Allende’s BBC Maestro series, Storytelling is a journey into magical storytelling from a beloved literary legend
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''A grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight ... She will be celebrated, by readers and writers alike, for generations to come'' KHALED HOSSEINI
''One of our most revered storytellers'' KATE MORTON

From the mind behind The House of the Spirits, The Wind Knows My Name and My Name is Emilia del Valle comes a guide on writing like no other. In Storytelling, renowned literary talent Isabel Allende delivers a craft-defining treatise on the art of ‘magical storytelling’.

You are a writer. This is your purpose.

Allende has been writing for over fifty years, and has sold more than seventy-seven million books. Through writing her twenty-one novels, she has developed unique strategies that have helped her surrender to the process of writing, and create distinct characters and legendary plots in the way that only Allende can. These techniques will help any aspiring writer; and now, they can help you.

In Storytelling, you will discover how to overcome fears of getting started, embrace the mysteries of magic and life in your work, feel the power of your own stories – because how can you expect to move a reader if you, the writer, aren’t moved? – and find your unique voice.

If you’re a writer – or any kind of creative – seeking guidance and inspiration, this will help you unlock your potential. If your greatest desire in the world is to create, Storytelling will lead the way.

''Isabel Allende is a literary treasure'' KRISTIN HANNAH
''Allende''s stories are delicate, their images akin to poetry'' BARBARA KINGSOLVER

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Praise for Isabel Allende: "A grand storyteller who writes with surpassing compassion and insight. Her place as an icon of world literature was secured long ago. She will be celebrated, by readers and writers alike, for generations to come
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Allende’s style is impressively Olympian and the payoff is remarkable
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Chronicles Isabel’s inspiring journey as a writer and offers advice on how to follow in her footsteps and capture the magical stories lurking within us
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Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is a literary living legend. With 80 million books sold, she is the most-read author in the Spanish language throughout the world, and a blockbuster international bestseller of adult novels. A novelist, feminist and philanthropist, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with her first novel, The House of the Spirits. Her work has been translated into over 42 languages, and she has received the PEN Center Lifetime Achievement Award and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She lives in California.
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Inspired by Allende’s BBC Maestro series, Storytelling is a journey into magical storytelling from a beloved literary legend
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Allende’s books have been translated into more than forty-two languages, selling over seventy-seven million copies across the world. Her fans include Khaled Hosseini, Barbara Kingsolver and Colum McCann
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Allende recently released a writing course with BBC; in developing this course, she was inspired to write Storytelling as a way to capture more of her wisdom
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This book promises to be a game-changing treatise for writers and creatives everywhere, in a similar vein to On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood (8K TCM), On Writing by Stephen King (161K TCM) and Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami (19K TCM)