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Into the woods : how stories work and why we tell them / John Yorke.

By: Yorke, John (Television producer) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London, England : Penguin Books, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141978109 (paperback).Subject(s): Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) | Motion picture authorship -- Philosophy | Television authorship -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 808.036 | 808.036 YOR
Contents:
What is a story -- Three-act structure -- Five-act structure -- The importance of change -- How we tell stories -- Practals -- Acts -- The inciting incident -- Scenes -- Putting it all together -- Showing and telling -- Character and characterization -- Character and structural design -- Character individuation -- Dialogue and characterization -- Exposition -- Subtext -- Television and the triumph of structure -- Series and serial structure -- Change in drama series -- Home again -- Why.
Holdings
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General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 808.036 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module JOUR9008-Core reading. 00219063
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 808.036 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available MTU Cork Module JOUR9008-Core reading. 00219066
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 808.036 YOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000948897
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 808.036 YOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000948889
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 808.036 YOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 38888000948905
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

'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

Originally published: 2013 as "Into the woods : a five-act journey into story."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-297) and index.

What is a story -- Three-act structure -- Five-act structure -- The importance of change -- How we tell stories -- Practals -- Acts -- The inciting incident -- Scenes -- Putting it all together -- Showing and telling -- Character and characterization -- Character and structural design -- Character individuation -- Dialogue and characterization -- Exposition -- Subtext -- Television and the triumph of structure -- Series and serial structure -- Change in drama series -- Home again -- Why.

MTU CORK Module JOUR 9008 - Supplementary reading.

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Author notes provided by Syndetics

John Yorke is a producer, consultant and lecturer on all forms of narrative - from speech writing and advertising to drama - and the author of Into the Woods . As former Head of Channel Four Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and MD of Company Pictures, John has tested his theories during an extensive production career working on some of the world's most lucrative, widely reviewed and critically acclaimed TV dramas, from EastEnders to Shameless, Life on Mars and Wolf Hall .