Our lives are filled with storytelling, from the stories we tell our friends over dinner, to the ones we tell at eulogies, during toasts, at job interviews and on dates. "[Stories] make us laugh and ...

You don't have to be a professional storyteller to tell a good story. And we all do tell stories constantly to our friends, our families, even our co-workers. For our Life Kit series, NPR's Elise Hu ...

We all have stories. But why do some move mountains while others fade away? The answer lies in how we elevate those stories—how we take personal moments and make them meaningful for others. In today's ...

I love a good story whether it’s a book, a movie or a TED Talk. Stories can be enlightening or moving. But there’s nothing quite like stories with a stickiness factor where I often think about and ...

Stories awaken possibility because they inspire curiosity and help us imagine what might be possible. Ursula K. Le Guin, one of the great science fiction writers, wrote stories to “dislodge my mind, ...

Every business is different. From your company history to your products to the customers you serve, your story is unique to your business. A brand story goes beyond your “About Us” page—it includes ...

Elise Engler is a fine artist and educator whose artistic practice involves a narrative investigation of the world as seen through its innumerable, but countable, individual components, assembled in ...

Some advice — helpful and otherwise — on the literary life, from living authors and Aristotle. Credit...John Gall Supported by By Noor Qasim Writing a novel is daunting. Where to begin? And then how ...

That’s what you hear in the lobby of science meetings. The standard reply is, “I heard a great talk this afternoon—the speaker told a really neat story about ...” And there you have it. He or she told ...

The whole world is story mad. Pundits invoke the political “narrative”; passing news items become breathless podcasts; restaurant menus portentously recount “Our Story.” In the corporate world, ...