Name: The Anatomy of Genres
SKU: 54020733
Price: 29.73 EUR
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Author: John Truby

Type

Physical Book

Author

John Truby

Publisher

Picador

Year

2022

Language

English

Pages

720

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.6x13.5x4.3 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN

9780374539221

ISBN13

9780374539221

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Anatomy of Genres"

A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story, John Truby. Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren't just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people consume. They are the all-stars of the entertainment world, comprising the vast majority of popular stories worldwide. That's why businesses--movie studios, production companies, video game studios, and publishing houses--buy and sell them. Writers who want to succeed professionally must write the stories these businesses want to buy. Simply put, the storytelling game is won by mastering the structure of genres. The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works is the legendary writing teacher John Truby's step-by-step guide to understanding and using the basic building blocks of the story world. He details the three ironclad rules of successful genre writing, and analyzes more than a dozen major genres and the essential plot events, or "beats," that define each of them. As he shows, the ability to combine these beats in the right way is what separates stories that sell from those that don't. Truby also reveals how a single story can combine elements of different genres, and how the best writers use this technique to craft unforgettable stories that stand out from the crowd. Just as Truby's first book, The Anatomy of Story, changed the way writers develop stories, The Anatomy of Genres will enhance their quality and expand the impact they have on the world.

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Based on John Truby's masterclasses, Anatomy of Story delves into concepts and archetypes drawn from philosophy and mythology to transform them into an updated technique for writing screenplays with great narrative depth. Truby's method is as brilliant as it is practical. Its development is based on the emotional and moral growth of its protagonists, and offers readers —both professionals and amateurs— a multitude of tools and specific techniques to make the characters make sense and the audience connect with them; it also provides resources for constructing surprising plots, always with the personal stamp of the author himself. The 22 steps for composing a screenplay that Truby proposes can be applied to all kinds of writings, from novels and short stories, to journalistic articles, memoirs, and essays. They are, however, in the screenplay where they have proven their greatest effectiveness.

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