The Writer's Journey
Presenting a study of film as storytelling, this book examines how the great works of cinema history have used the principles of myth to create stories which are dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true. The author looks not only at how outstanding figures from Hitchcock to Lucas,...
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Presenting a study of film as storytelling, this book examines how the great works of cinema history have used the principles of myth to create stories which are dramatic, entertaining, and psychologically true. The author looks not only at how outstanding figures from Hitchcock to Lucas, Spielberg and Tarantino have used mythic structure to create powerful stories, but also offers step-by-step guidelines designed to help readers to incorporate effective plot structure and characterization in their own writing. This edition has been updated to include analysis of "Titanic", "The Lion King", "Pulp Fiction" and "The Full Monty".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330375917 (0330375911)
Publish date: March 12th 1999
Publisher: Pan Books
Edition language: English
"I feel as if this should be required reading for every literature teacher or writer of any sort of story. This book has the potential to fill the world with better teachers and better writers. ..." (see my complete review here at Amazon.com)Note: While I critique both purchased and free books in th...
18 years ago
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