The Anatomy of Story- 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby

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"If you're ready to graduate from the boy-meets-girl league of screenwriting, meet John Truby his lessons inspire epiphanies that make you see the contours of your psyche as sharply as your script."-LA Weekly John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all his secrets for writing a compelling script. Based on the lessons in his award-winning class, Great Screenwriting, The Anatomy of Story draws on a broad range of philosophy and mythology, offering fresh techniques and insightful anecdotes alongside Truby's own unique approach to building an effective, multifaceted narrative.

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    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimension- 5.4" W x 8.2" H x 0.9" D
    • Genre- Reference
    • Publisher- Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Publication date- 10-14-2008
    • Page count- 464
    • ISBN- 9780865479937
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2 years ago
from greenville sc

Save your money

Why do all these books like this one and Save the Cat use only movies to explain how to tell a story but not books there are two completely different mediums with the pros and cons of each one yes it's telling a story but there are things that you can do in a movie and things that you can do in a book that you can't do in the other they're different they need 2 different books. I think the same people who write these books also write horoscopes they're Pacific enough to give you an idea of what they're trying to talk about but yet vague enough to make you feel in the blanks for yourself and so that everything but nothing really fits into their blueprint. It interrupts itself with all these movie quotes and gives you 20 different examples of the same thing you don't need all this I couldn't follow it without skipping most of it A lot of people don't want to admit this because they pay all this money for these books but 95% of these books are full of crap. Let me tell you things that you should already know about story. If Save your money I wish I did.

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