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The assimilation of knowledge is in the very cells of drama – a character’s flaw is merely knowledge not yet learned.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
this familiar shape: a protagonist has a problem they leave their familiar world they go on a journey they find the thing they’re looking for they take it back the consequences of taking it pursue them they overcome the consequences and solve their
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
peripeteia in action.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
All stories are “character-driven.
Robert McKee • Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Serious novels typically depict how a person interacts and changes within an entire
John Truby • The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
characters go on a journey to recognize that what they want stands in direct opposition to what they need
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
read a lot of fiction, so sometimes I borrow techniques from fiction writers: varying paragraph structure or using a variety of sentence lengths for emphasis.