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Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
John Yorke
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Description for Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Paperback. Takes us on a journey to the heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woods and, like any great art, comes from deep within. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; APFD; APTD; APTX; CBVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 252.
'The best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant' Tony Jordan, creator/writer, Life on Mars, Hustle
We all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers' Academy, has brought a vast array of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to the heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woods and, like any great art, comes from deep within. From ancient myths to big-budget blockbusters, he gets to the root of the stories that are all around us, every day.
'Marvellous' Julian Fellowes
'Terrifyingly clever ... Packed with intelligent argument' Evening Standard
'The most important book about scriptwriting since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade' Peter Bowker, writer, Blackpool, Occupation, Eric and Ernie
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141978109
SKU
V9780141978109
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-95
About John Yorke
John Yorke is Managing Director of Company Pictures, the UK drama independent producing Skins, Shameless, The White Queen and Wolf Hall. For many years he's been responsible for a vast array of British drama, as both Head of Channel Four Drama and Controller of BBC Drama Production. In 2005 he created the BBC Writers Academy, a year-long in-depth training scheme which has produced a generation of successful television writers. He's also worked as Editor of The Archers. John is Visiting Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Reviews for Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
Brimmingly insightful ... fresh, enlightening and accessible ... a gripping read from beginning to end
Robert Collins
Sunday Times
Terrifyingly clever ... Packed with intelligent argument
Evening Standard
So detailed and engaging is his methodology that any consumer of books, plays, TV or films will find the experience enhanced; and scriptwriters themselves will find useful guidance - because when you know the why, the how is natural
Robert Epstein
Independent on Sunday
This is a marvellous analysis of screenwriting and, with any luck, should help a great many people achieve their dreams
Julian Fellowes, writer/creator of Downton Abbey Another book on screenwriting! Oh, how I wanted to hate it! I didn't. I loved it. Much of it was fresh to me. And always interesting, always intelligent and, for a writer, always rewarding
Jimmy McGovern, screenwriter, The Street and The Accused In an industry full of so called script gurus and snake oil salesmen, at last there's a book about story that treats writers like grown ups. This isn't about providing us with an ABC of story or telling us how to write a script by numbers. It's an intelligent evaluation into the very nature of storytelling and is the best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant
Tony Jordan, screenwriter, Life on Mars and Hustle Even for a convinced sceptic, John Yorke's book, with its massive field of reference from Aristotle to Glee, and from Shakespeare to Spooks, is a highly persuasive and hugely enjoyable read. It would be hard to beat for information and wisdom about how and why stories are told
Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, The Globe Theatre This book is intelligent, well written, incisive and, most of all, exciting. It is the most important book about scriptwriting since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade
Peter Bowker, screenwriter, Blackpool, Occupation and Eric & Ernie Part 'How-to' manual, part 'why-to' celebration, Into The Woods is a wide-reaching and infectiously passionate exploration of storytelling in all its guises ... exciting and thought-provoking
Emma Frost, screenwriter, The White Queen and Shameless Into The Woods is an amazing achievement. It has a real depth and understanding about story, a fantastically broad frame of reference and it's interesting and absorbing throughout. Full of incredibly useful insights, every TV writer should read the first chapter alone
Simon Ashdown, series consultant, EastEnders
Robert Collins
Sunday Times
Terrifyingly clever ... Packed with intelligent argument
Evening Standard
So detailed and engaging is his methodology that any consumer of books, plays, TV or films will find the experience enhanced; and scriptwriters themselves will find useful guidance - because when you know the why, the how is natural
Robert Epstein
Independent on Sunday
This is a marvellous analysis of screenwriting and, with any luck, should help a great many people achieve their dreams
Julian Fellowes, writer/creator of Downton Abbey Another book on screenwriting! Oh, how I wanted to hate it! I didn't. I loved it. Much of it was fresh to me. And always interesting, always intelligent and, for a writer, always rewarding
Jimmy McGovern, screenwriter, The Street and The Accused In an industry full of so called script gurus and snake oil salesmen, at last there's a book about story that treats writers like grown ups. This isn't about providing us with an ABC of story or telling us how to write a script by numbers. It's an intelligent evaluation into the very nature of storytelling and is the best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant
Tony Jordan, screenwriter, Life on Mars and Hustle Even for a convinced sceptic, John Yorke's book, with its massive field of reference from Aristotle to Glee, and from Shakespeare to Spooks, is a highly persuasive and hugely enjoyable read. It would be hard to beat for information and wisdom about how and why stories are told
Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, The Globe Theatre This book is intelligent, well written, incisive and, most of all, exciting. It is the most important book about scriptwriting since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade
Peter Bowker, screenwriter, Blackpool, Occupation and Eric & Ernie Part 'How-to' manual, part 'why-to' celebration, Into The Woods is a wide-reaching and infectiously passionate exploration of storytelling in all its guises ... exciting and thought-provoking
Emma Frost, screenwriter, The White Queen and Shameless Into The Woods is an amazing achievement. It has a real depth and understanding about story, a fantastically broad frame of reference and it's interesting and absorbing throughout. Full of incredibly useful insights, every TV writer should read the first chapter alone
Simon Ashdown, series consultant, EastEnders