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Telling has replaced showing and the audience is made redundant.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The West Wing. For a particularly good example try ‘In the Shadow of Two Gunmen’, Part Two, Act One.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
a character’s ignorance is replaced by knowledge.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
juxtaposition of images to convey a mental state.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
‘Check the statute book, Professor. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009.’ ‘Refresh my memory.’ ‘Clearly prohibits any monetary gain by the description of a crime. Little thing called an “exploitative proceeds order”. Mainly ex-cons looking to cash in. But it comes in handy for us spooks now and then.’
Matthew Richardson • The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023
It appears that countless women born between the years of 1965 and 1978 are in love with John Cusack. I cannot fathom how he isn’t the number-one box-office star in America, because every straight girl I know would sell her soul to share a milkshake with that motherfucker. For upwardly mobile women in their
Chuck Klosterman • Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
we display these characteristics and influences in different proportions depending on who and what we are.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
RE-ACCEPTANCE
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
the micro crisis point providing the catalyst for both the next act and the story as a whole.