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John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
The conflict between how we wish to be perceived and what we really feel is at the root of all character.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
posit an idea, explore it, then come to a conclusion that, if the drama is convincing, is proved true.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
‘the morals of the
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
All great drama is character-based, all enduring drama is character-based, all popular drama is character-based, and all plausible drama is character-based.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
the Kuleshov Effect applies equally to dialogue too.
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
I use the 3-act form found in many films around the world. I learned it, first from Syd Field’s classic book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. Later, I studied with Syd Field, and that increased my fondness for the form. Most symphonies use a sonata-allegro construction that develops in 3-movements, so I understood the form’s overall
... See moreRobert Fritz • The Path of Least Resistance for Artists: The Structure and Spirit of the Creative Process
unique way we turn the story.