Into the woods : a five-act journey into story
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Grand Canyon Community Library - Non-Fiction
808.03 YORKE, JOHN
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808.03 YORKE, JOHN
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xxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes new preface.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-301) and index.
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The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, David Mamet, or any other writers of guides for screenwriters and playwrights, but to pick up on their cues and take the reader on a historical, philosophical, scientific, and psychological journey to the heart of all storytelling. In this exciting and wholly original book, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrativeone that echoes the great fairytale journey into the woods, and one, like any great art, that comes from deep withinhe 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-writinga big step from the usual three-act approach. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story is destined to sit alongside David Mamets Three Uses of the Knife, Robert McKees Story, Syd Fields Screenplay, and Lajos Egris The Art of Dramatic Writing as one of the most original, useful, and inspiring books ever on dramatic writing.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Yorke, J. (2015). Into the woods: a five-act journey into story . The Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yorke, John. 2015. Into the Woods: A Five-act Journey Into Story. The Overlook Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Yorke, John. Into the Woods: A Five-act Journey Into Story The Overlook Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Yorke, John. Into the Woods: A Five-act Journey Into Story The Overlook Press, 2015.
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