About this title: One of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry delivers his long-awaited first book, and shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2007-10-30
ISBN-13:9780865479517ISBN:0865479518
Description: Fair. Ships with US tracking number. Acceptable, water stain and ripple to right edge of last part of text. A couple creased page corners, light wear to dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780865479517ISBN:0865479518
Description: Very Good. Unread publisher overstock copy! ! Pages are crisp and clean! Remainder mark on one end. Very light shelf wear to cover. Orders shipped next business day. Tracking number provided. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780865479517ISBN:0865479518
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Very good condition! Great perice! Fast Shipping! Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 445 p. Audience: General/trade. Teacher and screenplay doctor Truby (responsible for popular screenwriting software Blockbuster) brings his complicated but time-tested story development system to print for the first time, a 22-point process that's more thorough-"an extremely precise map of your entire plot" that "shows you the most dramatic way to tell your story"-but ... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: North Point Pr
Date Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN-13:9780865479937ISBN:0865479933
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Description: New. One of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry delivers his long-awaited first book, and shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script. read more
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Description: Very good. In this insightful new glimpse into the world of creative writing, leading Hollywood consultant John Truby unleashed for writers of all levels his end all be all of story construction. Through years spent teaching his methods in private classes, Tr. read more
Description: New. One of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry delivers his long-awaited first book, and shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script. ISBN10: 0865479518. read more
"Of the many books on writing, I've found this to be the most useful. It's helped me see the problems with my novel, and at the same time gave me insight into making a much much better story. Can't recommend it highly enough. If you liked "Story," by Robert McKee, you'll love this one."
"While one must be careful when seeking advice from these How-To writing books it is essential to understand the basic concepts of story. Trained writers will know when to take Truby's advice and when to ignore it. He and I agree that all stories function in a similar way, but I disagree with him that most of these rules always apply. For example, I do not agree that the protagonist must change at the end of the story. He argues that this is non-negotiable. However, there are many stories where the character does not "change." In fact, I think the character change is almost entirely a strategy of genre, and not a device to cling to for literary writers. Even so, this book helped me organize my thoughts, pluck out needless characters, establish meaningful continuity of plot threads, and understand my character and his desires more clearly. For that, I recommend it. Just be careful. Trust your gut when something doesn't sound quite right."
"I actually stumbled upon The Anatomy of Story more or less totally by accident while I was searching for online writer's resources. I was sure someone somewhere must have at some point sat down and picked apart great stories, broke them down to their constituent components, and analyzed what elements worked in which plots, and why. I didn't find much. It dawned on me while I was trying to come up with more refined search terms that what I was looking for was the fundamental anatomy of the stories. So into Google it went, and, low and behold, someone had done just that, and his name was John Truby.
So, The Anatomy of Story isn't exactly the definitive bible for fiction writers, but it's pretty close. What it is, is dead helpful for learning how to construct a viable, solid story, and knowing the shape of things before you ever start actually writing it. And really, that's only a bit of what Truby covers in this book. He also covers scene construction, effective dialog, character building and interplay, genre, and more. It's incredibly dense compared to other books I've read on plot construction and scene writing. Where in many of those other books you may only find a couple of gems scattered across each chapter, I found The Anatomy of Story to be packed wall to wall with helpful and useful information. Truby could have easily stretched the subject of each chapter into an entire book of its own.
My only real dislikes about this book were that I felt some of the examples he uses to illustrate his subject matter could have clearer, and the overall structure of the book seemed a little disjointed, like each element could have fit together more smoothly than it did. But, that said, it's definitely a must-read for any beginning fiction writer, and even for people who just want to become more effective readers, this book would be immensely helpful in that regard as well. The principles Truby lays out are not only present and visible to me, but obvious and unmistakable in every novel, movie, short story, and television show I've seen since I've read this book."
"I met Truby years ago in the context of my job and was aware of his reputation and theories, but had no practical use for them until I hit the wall in my own writing, at this point largely short stories. My character development and plot, much less theme and moral development were inadequate. I have changed writing teachers, and in the new context, critiques made that clear. So I turned to Truby. It's very valuable, this book. There's a grand scheme, many plates turning simultaneously, somewhat overwhelming as I contemplate applying the lessons. But I'll use it, I must, if I want to shape the stories I must tell. I don't think I'll use it as a Bible, though."
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