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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story

The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, David Mamet, or any other writers of guides for screenwriters and playwrights, but to pick up on their cues and take the reader on a historical, philosophical, scientific, and psychological journey to the heart of all storytelling.

In this exciting and wholly original book, John Yorke not only shows that there is truly a unifying shape to narrativeâ€”one that echoes the great fairytale journey into the woods, and one, like any great art, that comes from deep withinâ€”he explains why, too. Â

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With examples ranging from The Godfather to True Detective, Mad Men to Macbeth, and fairy tales to Forbrydelsen (The Killing), Yorke utilizes Shakespearean five-act structure as a key to analyzing all storytelling in all narrative forms, from film and television to theatre and novel-writingâ€”a big step from the usual three-act approach. Â

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Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story is destined to sit alongside David Mametâ€™s Three Uses of the Knife, Robert McKeeâ€™s Story, Syd Fieldâ€™s Screenplay, and Lajos Egriâ€™s The Art of Dramatic Writing as one of the most original, useful, and inspiring books ever on dramatic writing.

Country	USA
Author	John Yorke
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9781468309584
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	The Overlook Press
Manufacturer	The Overlook Press
NumberOfPages	309
PublicationDate	2014-05-29
Publisher	The Overlook Press
ReleaseDate	2014-05-29
Studio	The Overlook Press

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