Jonathan Baldie has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 3 narrators. The most-rated is The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers.
Social Intelligence
Summary
At work, most of our stress and anxiety does not come from the work itself, but from our mutual misunderstandings with other people. These misunderstandings cause problems, and in turn these problems cause us a lot of pain. Why do we struggle to win people over to our ideas? Why do we feel so defensive all the time? How can we motivate our team to perform better? How can we defend ourselves when a toxic colleague tries to steal credit from us? Fortunately, there is a proven way to solve all of these problems. A way to stop feeling emotional about your colleagues’ actions, and instead start taking control over your working life. A form of deep empathy that will help you to decode the confusing actions of others. We will call this sense "social intelligence". Developing this sense does not require any special tools, only the willingness to absorb yourself deeply into other people’s perspectives. By extracting a set of timeless principles from the masters of the social realm, you will gain the ability to understand others and get the best out of the people you work with. This book will teach you the strategies used by leaders, both past and present, to start working with the grain of human nature, rather than fight constant energy-sapping battles that distract you from your work. Your journey into a new realm of empathy, power, and influence is about to begin.
©2019 Jonathan Baldie (P)2020 Jonathan Baldie
Write Your Novel
Summary
This book is a condensed collection of notes, thoughts, and practical advice for fiction writers of all shapes and sizes. Where The 24 Laws of Storytelling is a deep immersion in the art of storytelling, Write Your Novel is a much lighter passage through the halls of fiction writing. It’s a writing craft book that asks for a less weighty investment of time and energy. I love stories, and I love storytellers. While I feel profoundly humbled every time someone picks up my first book to improve their writing capacities, I’m happy to provide a more condensed alternative for a reasonable price. A look into heroes, villains, structure, dialogue, planning, and more, without breaking a sweat. An X-ray’s look at the bones of great stories, and the tactics that made them bestsellers.
©2019 Jonathan Baldie (P)2020 Jonathan Baldie
The 24 Laws of Storytelling: A Practical Handbook for Great Storytellers
Summary
It's time to take control of your stories. Stories have a unique power to immerse, delight, and educate. So why do some stories work and others fail? The 24 Laws of Storytelling distills the lessons learned from stories past and present into a practical audiobook that you can use for any story you decide to write. This audiobook will teach you the principles you need to immerse your audience, deliver immensely satisfying drama, and educate better than any textbook or lecture can. There's no need for any special tools, expensive writing software, or Hollywood contacts. You only need to learn from the successes and blunders of past stories. By extracting the timeless writing principles from master storytellers such as Christopher Nolan, Stephen King, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, George Lucas, Alfred Hitchcock, and many more, this unique work will provide a fascinating insight into the laws of storytelling and how to use them to create your own masterpieces.
©2018 Jonathan Baldie (P)2019 Jonathan Baldie