Description: Most people think genres are simply categories on Netflix or Amazon that provide a helpful guide to making entertainment choices. Most people are wrong. Genre stories aren't just a small subset of the films, video games, TV shows, and books that people consume. They are the all-stars of the entertainment world, comprising the vast majority of popular stories worldwide. That's why businesses-movie studios, production companies, video game studios, and publishing houses-buy and sell them. Writers who want to succeed professionally must write the stories these businesses want to buy. Simply put, the storytelling game is won by mastering the structure of genres. The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works is the legendary writing teacher John Truby's step-by-step guide to understanding and using the basic building blocks of the story world. He details the three ironclad rules of successful genre writing, and analyzes more than a dozen major genres and the essential plot events, or "beats," that define each of them. As he shows, the ability to combine these beats in the right way is what separates stories that sell from those that don't. Truby also reveals how a single story can combine elements of different genres, and how the best writers use this technique to craft unforgettable stories that stand out from the crowd. Just as Truby's first book, The Anatomy of Story, changed the way writers develop stories, The Anatomy of Genres will enhance stories' quality and expand the impact they have on the world.
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EAN: 9780374539221
UPC: 9780374539221
ISBN: 9780374539221
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Book Title: The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the
Number of Pages: 720 Pages
Publication Name: Anatomy of Genres : How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works
Language: English
Publisher: Picador
Item Height: 1.3 in
Publication Year: 2022
Subject: Modern / 21st Century, Film / Screenwriting
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 18.7 Oz
Author: John Truby
Item Length: 8.2 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Performing Arts
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
