In “The Perfect Story,” Karen Eber shares the science of storytelling, teaching readers how to turn good stories into great ones. With practical steps, she covers topics like leveraging brain settings, defining your audience, and avoiding common mistakes. This is best for people who are new to the idea of story craft and applying it to the world of business. The checklists are handy and valuable.

I love the art of storytelling. This book really explores the idea of telling the perfect story in a entertaining way.

If you love story - and exploring what makes up good ones, I think would will enjoy this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an arc of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

THE PERFECT STORY by Karen Eber is another excellent work which describes "How to Tell Stories that Inform, Influence, and Inspire." Eber begins by stating the storytelling is "an art that is grounded in science" and she outlines several facets of stories: connection builders, change agents, memorable, reinforcing values, and interactive. All of her chapters (e.g., Storytelling with Data) have a summary and a storytelling interview to accompany them. This text is filled with vignettes which aptly illustrate the power of storytelling and checklists to help with creation and implementation. To learn more, see her TedTalk which has over two million views:

https://www.ted.com/talks/karen_eber_how_your_brain_responds_to_stories_and_why_they_re_crucial_for_leaders?language=en

An easy read but so helpful! It is full of tips, and I think even non-writers will benefit from its inspiration.

This book will help you with your storytelling and leadership roles in life and business. The advice given in this book is very informative and helpful Storytelling can help you in so many ways by building relationships and forming new thinking skills. The book is an easy and fast read. Definitely worth your time.

I was given a digital preview of this book, but I will be purchasing a physical copy. I found myself making notes and connecting on many levels to my life as a writer and to my work with teachers. The author clearly outlines the story process with a steps that are connected to a helpful diagram . I appreciated the thorough explanation of the idea generation process. I plan to use many of the suggestions and techniques.

There's no dearth of books on writing, and story writing in particular. One might think this book belongs with the rest. Of course it does, but put it on top of the pile.

Eber is able to give some great strategies and insights into crafting a story in a way that will hook, engage, and sustain audience's attention. They're ideas that can be put into writing, adapted for public speaking, and adjusted for video.

It's a quick read, but one that anyone wanting to improve their storytelling will undoubtedly mark and sticky note. It's light on theory and philosophy of storytelling, and ultimately succeeds because of its pragmatic suggestions for weaving a great narrative together.

I read a pre-publication copy of this book. The digital copy that I was given to read had serious formatting errors that made it hard to follow the structure of the book. The information given, though, about how to structure a successful story, was very informative and helpful. As a seasoned expository writer learning to write fiction, I found a number of helpful concepts with strategies to build story-telling skills.

This was a great book to read as I am in the middle of editing a personal story for publication. The content was helpful and informative with steps to follow to craft a "perfect" story. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. Happy to have found this title and will share with my writing circles.