Daniel Joshua Rubin

27 Essential Principles of Story (eBook, ePUB)

Master the Secrets of Great Storytelling, from Shakespeare to South Park

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Produktbeschreibung

A modern and actionable guide to the fundamentals of writing compelling, well-crafted, authentic stories in any medium, with lessons illustrated by novels, plays, films, music, video games, and TV, and writers from Shakespeare and Dostoevsky to Quentin Tarantino and Eminem.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing Company
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781523510788
• Artikelnr.: 64262981

Autorenporträt

Daniel Joshua Rubin is a multimedia writer and founder of Story 27 in Evanston, Illinois, a writing studio that provides consulting and education to storytellers in all media. He has taught dramatic writing at Loyola University in Chicago, and at the University of California, San Diego, and has written for television (NBC, the WB); new media (The Motley Fool, National Lampoon); and theater (with plays produced at Steppenwolf in Chicago, off-Broadway in NYC, and on the West End of London). He is a dedicated story scholar with a deep interest the role narrative plays in personal development, business, investing and politics. Rubin has an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama, and a BS in Drama Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase. Born and raised in Brooklyn, he now lives in Evanston, IL.

Inhaltsangabe

27 Essential Principles of Story
 
Contents
 
Introduction
 
Part One: Essential Principles of Plot
1. Drop the hammer. (Hamlet—Shakespeare play)
2. Ask dramatic questions. (Finding Nemo—Pixar film)
3. Explore all endings. (The Night Of—HBO series)
4. Escalate risk. (Pulp Fiction—Quentin Tarantino film)
5. Base units of action on change. (The Producers—Mel Brooks comedy)
6. Connect with “therefore” not “and.” (South Park, “Breast Cancer Show
Ever”—TV episode)
7. Break hell loose in the middle. (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy—Will Ferrell comedyfilm)
8. Begin the end with a no-turning-back point. (Frankenstein—Mary
Shelley novel)
9. Build inexorably to hero’s final act. (The Godfather, Part I and
II—Francis Ford Coppola films)
10. Wrap up fast. (Late Spring —Yosujiro Ozu film)
 
Part Two: Essential Principles of Character
1. Give hero an iron will. (Red Dead Redemption—video game)
2. Make hero active and decisive. (Modern Times—Charlie Chaplin film)
3. Clash expectation with reality. (Breaking Bad, “Dead Freight”—TV
episode)
4. Provoke dilemma. (The Best of Times, The Worst of Times—The Moth
story by Anthony Griffith)
5. Layer conflict. (Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan—Marvel comic)
6. Write characters to top of intelligence. (Stan—Eminem song)
7. Peel the onion. (Interpreter of Maladies—Jhumpa Lahiri story)
8. Create antagonists as heroes. (The Piano Lesson—August Wilson play)
9. Confront evil. (The Lottery—Shirley Jackson story)
 
Part Three: Essential Principles of Theme, Dialogue and Setting
1. Hunt big game. (Memories of Murder—South Korean film by Bong Joon-ho)
2. Leave room for interpretation. (Let the Right One In—Swedish film by
John Ajvide Lindquist)
3. Develop ideas with varied call backs. (Double Indemnity—Billy Wilder
film)
4. Attack your theme. (The Brothers Karamazov—Dostoevsky novel)
5. Infuse dialogue with intention. (Death of a Salesman—Arthur Miller
play)
6. Hide meaning. (Remains of the Day—Ruth Prawer Jhabvala film based on
Ishiguro novel)
7. Link inextricably to your setting. (The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar
Wao—Junot Diaz novel)
8. Rule your world. (Harry Potter—JK Rowling book series)
 
Conclusion