Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
the Winklevoss twins who invite Mark into their elite WASP world represent every single quality he himself lacks.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
diegetically,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
‘Somebody’s got to want something, something’s got to be standing in their way of getting it. You do that and you’ll have a
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Series characters can’t get to the end of their journey or the story is over, so their creators face the same dilemma as Hollywood but massively amplified. How do they create change in a world where their characters must always stay the same?
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
in a godless universe death doesn’t mean what it once did.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Bond is two-dimensional because he doesn’t change;
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It’s a tension that arises from our natural urge to reconcile opposites.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Out of less they will attempt to capture a whole and present it – normally in a linked chain of cause and effect – in a manner dependent on the type of tale and genre they wish to employ.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
It’s usually something that throws your protagonist’s world out of kilter