Archive - You Are a Story with Will Storr

A Crisis of Mattering

We feel alienated and dissatisfied because our world has grown too big

Aug 9 •

JOHN YORKE: The Most Important Storytelling Question I Know

A special guest essay by the legendary story guru

Aug 2 •

July 2025

Closure part two

THIS PERSONAL ESSAY IS FULLY PAYWALLED

Jul 26 •

NONFICTION MASTERCLASS: AUGUST 29th

Announcing my next Science of Storytelling masterclass, for Full Subscribers

Jul 25 •

Closure part one

What is closure? And how do we achieve it?

Jul 19 •

There is no 'just ego'

What Eastern spirituality gets wrong about human nature

Jul 12 •

Hating ourselves at 4,000 words a minute (and how to stop it)

Jul 5 •

June 2025

The 'Atomic' Secret of the World's Greatest Writers

How to harness the power of atomic writing

Jun 28 •

Decoding the Darkness

What if our depression was trying to tell us something?

Jun 21 •

HOW ART MAKES US

Inside my midlife identity crisis

Jun 14 •

Status Games and Storytelling

A recording from Will Storr and Rob Henderson's live video

Jun 12 •

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Most Popular Highlights: George Saunders

The ten most popular storytelling takeaways from 'A Swim in a Pond in the Rain', discussed.

Jun 7 •

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