A guide to writing genre stories by the legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story John TrubyMost 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
Author : John Truby
Pages : pages
Publisher : Picador USA
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ISBN-10 : 0374539227
ISBN-13 : 9780374539221