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“Truby attempts to inform the entire story, addressing plot, character, tone, symbolism, and dialog. The key here is to grow a script organically rather than force the story into preexisting mechanics . . . Highly recommended.” ―Library Journal
“A comprehensive guide to writing stories of all kinds, Truby's tome is invaluable to any writer looking to put an idea to paper.” ―Booklist
“The Anatomy Of Story is concrete and practical without resorting to simplistic 'Three Act Structure' screenwriting clichés. It will be an indispensable guide to writing your first great script. Then, the perfect survival manual to help you negotiate the often confusing, contradictory and cutthroat world of professional screenwriting.” ―Larry Wilson, co-writer /co-producer of BEETLEJUICE and co-writer of THE ADDAMS FAMILY
“A veritable bible for screenwriters.” ―Backstage
“If you're ready to graduate from the boy-meets-girl league of screenwriting, meet John Truby . . . [His lessons draw] epiphanies that make you see the contours of your psyche as sharply as your script.” ―LA Weekly
About the Author
John Truby is the founder and director of Truby’s Writers Studio. Over the past thirty years, he has taught more than fifty thousand students worldwide, including novelists, screenwriters, and TV writers. Together, these writers have generated more than fifteen billion dollars at the box office.
Truby has an ongoing program where he works with students who are actively creating shows, movies, and novel series. He regularly applies his genre techniques in story consulting work with major studios including Disney, Sony Pictures, Fox, HBO, the BBC, Canal Plus, Globo, and AMC. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie, and their two cats, Tink and Peanut.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Essential Reading
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very well written - very useful
This guy is so thorough and so insightful, with such great explanations that I think this book is a must have for those who want to write original and well crafted stories. I've read a few books on screenwriting, some good ones and some not so good ones. I read another one recently where the writer confused a teaching-book with a comedy club. But this one, The Anatomy of a Story - is professional, well-thought-through, great explanations, lots and lots of "aha! insights" and great details. To be honest, it starts our a bit slow, and the very first chapter is a bit boring... but then it starts. Here is how the greatest writers handle this... here is how great writing includes that, pays attention to this or that structure. While in the very beginning I thought "oh, no... this is dragging here..." - now, 100 pages into it, I can't put it down. Great insights and instructions on every page. Good purchase!
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book There is on Writing
I've read over a hundred books on writing and I can now throw out my entire library and replace it with this one book. In fact this book is still ten times better than everything I have put together on writing.There are simply explained techniques in this book that took me over ten years to figure out (and I only had a crude grasp of how it worked after pouring through dozens of books).Over the past ten years all of the top money making films have been loaded with the techniques in this book. Harry Potter Pirates of the Caribbean X-Men Avengers Iron Man The Dark Knight LOTR etc.The author has worked on over a thousand movies and TV shows - LOST West Wing Star Trek etc.This book will give you such a great understanding of STORYTELLING that you will know why a movie or book fails - it does not use the techniques in this book.If you want to become a great writer you need to get this book.NOTE: This book is NOT formula writing but it is a compilation of the best techniques ever discovered to help authors tell a fantastic story.After using the techniques in this book my writing has drastically improved and my novels get four and five star reviews on Amazon.
4.0 out of 5 stars The book I’ll read again (and again)
This book is definitely everything except light and short. It is a pleasure to read, because there are no lengthy rambles or metaphorical journeys before the author gets to the point. However, there is more than enough language about what an unnamed, common author is doing wrong. Sometimes the defensive language the author used got on my nerves, but I can certainly believe all the vitriol the internet can create. The further I got into the book, the more the pages were filled with concrete, highly detailed examples and less with defensive language.This is the main reason why I’m giving this book four stars instead of five.From a practical standpoint this book is well thought out: key information is easy to find, techniques and options are clearly marked out. Chapters are tightly structured and well named once one learns the author’s special vocabulary. This is a happy middle ground between a textbook and a reference book, which is why I’ll return to it time again.There is a lot more in this book than I expected. More than I can hope to use in any one project, which is why I believe this book will be so useful going forward.
Best book
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Lives Up To The Hype
Was sceptical in reading this book as there are so many claiming to have the answers to storytelling at a publishable level. Also relevant to film scriptwriting as many of its examples attest. This isn't an easy book to fully digest, but worth the effort I reckon and one I will study further.
Plunge deep into the art of storytelling
As a writer who wants to improve my writing, I've read many books on writing (to learn how to stuff another 'writing' into an overburdened sentence) and John Truby's book is often mentioned as the gold standard of how to write a great story.I can see why, as John is incredibly thorough, going in depth into all the aspects of story telling from premise to character to scene construction. What is appreciate is the organic approach he advocates with many examples from great movies and tales. However, that depth makes it hard to grasp the whole of the approach and sitting down to implement his concepts into a practical structure is challenging.I think it would take a few reads to get his ideas integrated into an author's process but well worth doing. Perhaps it's best to view his concepts as guideposts to make sure you have not wandered far off the path of a great story.
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Truby attempts to inform the entire story, addressing plot, character, tone, symbolism, and dialog. The key here is to grow a script organically rather than force the story into preexisting mechanics . . . Highly recommended.” ―Library Journal
“A comprehensive guide to writing stories of all kinds, Truby's tome is invaluable to any writer looking to put an idea to paper.” ―Booklist
“The Anatomy Of Story is concrete and practical without resorting to simplistic 'Three Act Structure' screenwriting clichés. It will be an indispensable guide to writing your first great script. Then, the perfect survival manual to help you negotiate the often confusing, contradictory and cutthroat world of professional screenwriting.” ―Larry Wilson, co-writer /co-producer of BEETLEJUICE and co-writer of THE ADDAMS FAMILY
“A veritable bible for screenwriters.” ―Backstage
“If you're ready to graduate from the boy-meets-girl league of screenwriting, meet John Truby . . . [His lessons draw] epiphanies that make you see the contours of your psyche as sharply as your script.” ―LA Weekly
About the Author
John Truby is the founder and director of Truby’s Writers Studio. Over the past thirty years, he has taught more than fifty thousand students worldwide, including novelists, screenwriters, and TV writers. Together, these writers have generated more than fifteen billion dollars at the box office.
Truby has an ongoing program where he works with students who are actively creating shows, movies, and novel series. He regularly applies his genre techniques in story consulting work with major studios including Disney, Sony Pictures, Fox, HBO, the BBC, Canal Plus, Globo, and AMC. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Leslie, and their two cats, Tink and Peanut.
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Essential Reading
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very, very well written - very useful
This guy is so thorough and so insightful, with such great explanations that I think this book is a must have for those who want to write original and well crafted stories. I've read a few books on screenwriting, some good ones and some not so good ones. I read another one recently where the writer confused a teaching-book with a comedy club. But this one, The Anatomy of a Story - is professional, well-thought-through, great explanations, lots and lots of "aha! insights" and great details. To be honest, it starts our a bit slow, and the very first chapter is a bit boring... but then it starts. Here is how the greatest writers handle this... here is how great writing includes that, pays attention to this or that structure. While in the very beginning I thought "oh, no... this is dragging here..." - now, 100 pages into it, I can't put it down. Great insights and instructions on every page. Good purchase!
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book There is on Writing
I've read over a hundred books on writing and I can now throw out my entire library and replace it with this one book. In fact this book is still ten times better than everything I have put together on writing.There are simply explained techniques in this book that took me over ten years to figure out (and I only had a crude grasp of how it worked after pouring through dozens of books).Over the past ten years all of the top money making films have been loaded with the techniques in this book. Harry Potter Pirates of the Caribbean X-Men Avengers Iron Man The Dark Knight LOTR etc.The author has worked on over a thousand movies and TV shows - LOST West Wing Star Trek etc.This book will give you such a great understanding of STORYTELLING that you will know why a movie or book fails - it does not use the techniques in this book.If you want to become a great writer you need to get this book.NOTE: This book is NOT formula writing but it is a compilation of the best techniques ever discovered to help authors tell a fantastic story.After using the techniques in this book my writing has drastically improved and my novels get four and five star reviews on Amazon.
4.0 out of 5 stars The book I’ll read again (and again)
This book is definitely everything except light and short. It is a pleasure to read, because there are no lengthy rambles or metaphorical journeys before the author gets to the point. However, there is more than enough language about what an unnamed, common author is doing wrong. Sometimes the defensive language the author used got on my nerves, but I can certainly believe all the vitriol the internet can create. The further I got into the book, the more the pages were filled with concrete, highly detailed examples and less with defensive language.This is the main reason why I’m giving this book four stars instead of five.From a practical standpoint this book is well thought out: key information is easy to find, techniques and options are clearly marked out. Chapters are tightly structured and well named once one learns the author’s special vocabulary. This is a happy middle ground between a textbook and a reference book, which is why I’ll return to it time again.There is a lot more in this book than I expected. More than I can hope to use in any one project, which is why I believe this book will be so useful going forward.
Best book
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Lives Up To The Hype
Was sceptical in reading this book as there are so many claiming to have the answers to storytelling at a publishable level. Also relevant to film scriptwriting as many of its examples attest. This isn't an easy book to fully digest, but worth the effort I reckon and one I will study further.
Plunge deep into the art of storytelling
As a writer who wants to improve my writing, I've read many books on writing (to learn how to stuff another 'writing' into an overburdened sentence) and John Truby's book is often mentioned as the gold standard of how to write a great story.I can see why, as John is incredibly thorough, going in depth into all the aspects of story telling from premise to character to scene construction. What is appreciate is the organic approach he advocates with many examples from great movies and tales. However, that depth makes it hard to grasp the whole of the approach and sitting down to implement his concepts into a practical structure is challenging.I think it would take a few reads to get his ideas integrated into an author's process but well worth doing. Perhaps it's best to view his concepts as guideposts to make sure you have not wandered far off the path of a great story.
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Excelente libro!
Excelente libro y el servicio de Amazon!
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