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figure 1. Freytag’s Triangle
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
Es ist später Abend in unserm Stadtwald, leise wispert das Laub in der lauen Sommerluft und aus der Ferne tönt das Geschwirr der Feldgrillen bis unter die Bäume.
Gustav Freytag • Die verlorene Handschrift. Erster Band: Buch 1 (German Edition)
All dramatic structure is built on the chassis of change.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The book belongs to the author.”
A. Scott Berg • Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
change is at the root of all drama,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
All have very clear first and last acts – a call to action and a final judgement – but between them too, within the constraints of reality they’re derived from, the same structure as Shakespeare, as Terence and as Horace.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
“The greatest genius will never be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources.” — Goethe