Into the woods : a five-act journey into story / John Yorke.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2014Description: xviii, 315 pagesContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781468309584 (e-book)Subject(s): Authorship | Creative writing | Screenwriting techniques | Literature: history & criticism | Film scripts & screenplaysGenre/Form: Online access: Click to view (Unlimited access) Also available in printed form ISBN 9781468308099Summary: E-Book (Unlimited access)Summary: In this exciting and wholly original book, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrative-one that echoes the great fairytale journey into the woods, and one, like any great art, that comes from deep within-he explains why, too. With examples ranging from The Godfather to True Detective, Mad Men to Macbeth, and fairy tales to Forbrydelsen (The Killing), Yorke utilizes Shakespearean five-act structure as a key to analyzing all storytelling in all narrative forms, from film and television to theatre and novel-writing-a big step from the usual three-act approach. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story is destined to sit alongside David Mamet's Three Uses of the Knife, Robert McKee's Story, Syd Field's Screenplay, and Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing as one of the most original, useful, and inspiring books ever on dramatic writing.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-301) and index.
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In this exciting and wholly original book, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrative-one that echoes the great fairytale journey into the woods, and one, like any great art, that comes from deep within-he explains why, too. With examples ranging from The Godfather to True Detective, Mad Men to Macbeth, and fairy tales to Forbrydelsen (The Killing), Yorke utilizes Shakespearean five-act structure as a key to analyzing all storytelling in all narrative forms, from film and television to theatre and novel-writing-a big step from the usual three-act approach. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story is destined to sit alongside David Mamet's Three Uses of the Knife, Robert McKee's Story, Syd Field's Screenplay, and Lajos Egri's The Art of Dramatic Writing as one of the most original, useful, and inspiring books ever on dramatic writing.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9781468308099
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