false 1383168 1 <div><div><div>John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood&#8217;s most successful films, including <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i>, <i>Scream,</i> and <i>Shrek</i>. <i>The Anatomy of Story</i> is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script. Based on the lessons in his award-winning class, Great Screenwriting, <i>The Anatomy of Story</i> draws on a broad range of philosophy and mythology, offering fresh techniques and insightful anecdotes alongside Truby&#8217;s own unique approach for how to build an effective, multifaceted narrative. Truby&#8217;s method for constructing a story is at once insightful and practical, focusing on the hero&#8217;s moral and emotional growth. As a result, writers will dig deep within and explore their own values and worldviews in order to create an effective story. Writers will come away with an extremely precise set of tools to work with&#8212;specific, useful techniques to make the audience care about their characters, and that make their characters grow in meaningful ways. They will construct a surprising plot that is unique to their particular concept, and they will learn how to express a moral vision that can genuinely move an audience.</div><div><br>The foundations of story that Truby lays out are so fundamental they are applicable&#8212;and essential&#8212;to all writers, from novelists and short-story writers to journalists, memoirists, and writers of narrative non-fiction.</div></div></div> 1373171 30 10 2007 The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller total:40|5:14|4:22|3:2|2:2| 40 168 101 10 4 0 false false Thu Dec 11 16:50:05 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 11:01:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 25 12:13:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 13:21:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 12:13:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:09:05 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 09:12:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 01:33:57 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 02:21:34 -0700 2009 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 element...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 21:24:04 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 21:36:39 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 12:57:55 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 26 13:16:42 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 05 16:42:33 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 16:48:52 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 07:48:14 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 13:11:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:45:44 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:28:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 16:48:25 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 16:49:15 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 18 16:10:45 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 16:10:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 08:19:35 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 08:19:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 08:57:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 08:58:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 17:12:20 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:12:20 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 06:58:39 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 06:58:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 21 19:06:50 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 17:26:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 12:35:09 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 12:35:13 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 13:43:56 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 13:43:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 19:39:49 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 19:39:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 20 11:22:10 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 11:22:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1383168