The Independent, UK.
Transcript from 'The science of stories: Learning how to tell a tale is the film industry's most important skill'. By Tim Walker, originally published in The Independent, April 12, 2012.

You need only study this week's cinema listings to know Hollywood is running out of stories. Wrath of the Titans is a sequel to a remake of a film based on a millennia-old Greek myth. Battleship is a movie adaptation of a board game. Mirror, Mirror is a version of Snow White, the fairytale first committed to celluloid by Walt Disney 75 years ago. Another big-budget take on the same story, Snow White and the Huntsman, comes out in June. The industry is long on "re-imaginings", but short on imagination.

The problem, explains story specialist Bobette Buster, is that studios are neglecting one of the most important - and cheapest - parts of the filmmaking process: development. "I see it on screen over and over again," she says. "People who have a good idea but become frustrated with the story development process and eventually just say: 'It's good enough'. They think they can fix the problems later with marketing. Pixar is an exception: it takes apart its stories at least four or five times before putting them out and it takes the time to create a great tale, well told."

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Forbes, USA.
Bobette's book, Do Story, was listed no.3 on the Forbes websites What is Your Book of the Year for 2013.

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The Hayly Telegraph, Wales.
'Now Listen Here Buddy'. Anyone can learn to tell a tale so that the world will listen. By Bobette Buster, originally published in The Hayly Telegraph (The Hay Fetival), May 26, 2013.

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So Magazine, Australia.
'Bobette Buster - The Uses of Wonder'. By Jelynn Millare, originally published online, June 11, 2014.

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The Sunday Times, Malta.
'The Storytelling Guru'. She was there when Tarantino made Resovoir Dogs, and has taught award winning scriptwriters the art of storytelling. David Schembri meets Bobette Buster, the story guru.

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Wall Street Journal, USA.
Bobette was quoted in the article 'Test Marketing a Modern Princess'. By Katherine Rosman, originally published in the Wall Street Journal Online, April 9, 2013.

For five years, a Disney team of writers, child-development and early-education experts and storytelling consultants worked to create a new sort of royal girl: Sofia the First.

"Everyone is aware of the 'princess luggage'." says Bobette Buster, a story consultant hired by Disney to help with Sofia.

Sofia the First was 2013s most-watched cable series among children 2 to 5.

Correire Della Sera, Italy.
By Fumagalli Armando.

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