BPS 254: Free Screenwriting Masterclass - The Anatomy of Story Genres with John Truby

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's most successful films,
including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream,
and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited
first book, and it shares all his secrets for writing a compelling
script. Based on the lessons in his award-winning class, Great
Screenwriting, The Anatomy of Story draws on a broad
range of philosophy and mythology, offering fresh techniques and
insightful anecdotes alongside Truby's own unique approach to
building an effective, multifaceted narrative.

His new book Anatomy of Genres is NOW Available!

A guide to understanding the major genres of the story world by the
legendary writing teacher and author of The Anatomy of Story,
John Truby.

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 their quality and expand the impact they have on the
world.

Enjoy my conversation with John Truby.

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