{"title":"Film scripts and screenplays Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-crossed-out-notebook-9781472154538","title":"The Crossed Out Notebook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Academy Award-winning co-writer of \u003ci\u003eBirdman\u003c\/i\u003e, a wonderfully eccentric, suspenseful debut in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKiss of the Spiderwoman\u003c\/i\u003e about a screenwriter kidnapped by a world-famous director who orders him to compose a masterpiece.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicolas Giacobone has done the impossible. \u003ci\u003eThe Crossed-Out Notebook \u003c\/i\u003eis a meta-fictional page-turner that grapples as much with Beckett as with \u003ci\u003ePretty Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, as much with The Beatles as with Fellini. 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Quite brilliant'' Tony Jordan, creator\/writer, \u003ci\u003eLife on Mars, Hustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers'' Academy, has brought a vast  array of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to the  heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to  narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woods  and, like any great art, comes from deep within. From ancient myths to  big-budget blockbusters, he gets to the root of the stories that are all  around us, every day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Marvellous'' Julian Fellowes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Terrifyingly clever ... 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Packed with intelligent argument * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eSo detailed and engaging is his methodology that any consumer of books, plays, TV or films will find the experience enhanced; and scriptwriters themselves will find useful guidance - because when you know the why, the how is natural -- Robert Epstein * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a marvellous analysis of screenwriting and, with any luck, should help a great many people achieve their dreams -- Julian Fellowes, writer\/creator of Downton Abbey\u003cbr\u003eAnother book on screenwriting! Oh, how I wanted to hate it! I didn't. I loved it. Much of it was fresh to me. And always interesting, always intelligent and, for a writer, always rewarding -- Jimmy McGovern, screenwriter, The Street and The Accused\u003cbr\u003eIn an industry full of so called script gurus and snake oil salesmen, at last there's a book about story that treats writers like grown ups. This isn't about providing us with an ABC of story or telling us how to write a script by numbers. It's an intelligent evaluation into the very nature of storytelling and is the best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant -- Tony Jordan, screenwriter, Life on Mars and Hustle\u003cbr\u003eEven for a convinced sceptic, John Yorke's book, with its massive field of reference from Aristotle to \u003ci\u003eGlee\u003c\/i\u003e, and from Shakespeare to \u003ci\u003eSpooks\u003c\/i\u003e, is a highly persuasive and hugely enjoyable read. It would be hard to beat for information and wisdom about how and why stories are told -- Dominic Dromgoole, Artistic Director, The Globe Theatre\u003cbr\u003eThis book is intelligent, well written, incisive and, most of all, exciting. It is the most important book about scriptwriting since William Goldman's \u003ci\u003eAdventures in the Screen Trade\u003c\/i\u003e -- Peter Bowker, screenwriter, Blackpool, Occupation and Eric \u0026amp; Ernie\u003cbr\u003ePart 'How-to' manual, part 'why-to' celebration, \u003ci\u003eInto The Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is a wide-reaching and infectiously passionate exploration of storytelling in all its guises ... exciting and thought-provoking -- Emma Frost, screenwriter, The White Queen and Shameless\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto The Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is an amazing achievement. It has a real depth and understanding about story, a fantastically broad frame of reference and it's interesting and absorbing throughout. 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The prospect of another screenwriting book made me yawn, but its terrific ... It's a great read, wise and cogent, and a must for all screenwriters -- David Eldridge\u003cbr\u003eA mind-blower ... an incredibly dense but very readable tome about the art of storytelling ... Really worth a read -- Lenny Henry * The Independent *\u003cbr\u003eI don't always enjoy books on writing, but \u003ci\u003eInto the Woods\u003c\/i\u003e by John Yorke is brilliant on story structure. -- Ken Follett, author of 'The Pillars of the Earth'\u003cbr\u003eIn his brimmingly insightful, stimulating study of how stories work, Yorke compellingly unpicks how a whole range of films, plays, novels and fairy tales all display the same archetypal structures . . . His book, in telling scores of stories in such a fresh, enlightening and accessible manner, is a gripping read from beginning to end * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe best book on the subject [of storytelling] I've read, tells us everything we need to know about it. Yorke's analysis is superb * London Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eA mightily impressive opus, both hugely informative and highly educational.  I love the way it's populated with so many examples - the many combinations of both mass market and the slightly more esoteric  giving a something-for-everyone feeling. A brilliant work -- Peter James, best-selling author of NOT DEAD ENOUGH and LOOKING GOOD DEAD\u003cbr\u003eYorke sets out to analyse the patterns behind storytelling, explaining why the fundamentals of narrative have remained the same from Aristotle to Aaron Sorkin. 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Guaranteed to send you back to your writing desk with newfound excitement and drive -- Chris Chibnall, creator and writer of Broadchurch and The Great Train Robbery\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInto The Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is brilliant. One of the best books on script writing out there . . . I loved the book. Inspiring -- Dominic Mitchell, creator and writer of In The Flesh\u003cbr\u003eThere is no end of books that instruct us on how to write the perfect screenplay, but few that delve more deeply into the art of storytelling than this erudite volume * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eIts strength is Yorke's acute perception of the wellsprings of universal narrative structures relevant to all artistic activities * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eTerrific . . . It's a great read, wise and cogent, and a must for all screenwriters -- David Eldridge, writer of Festen and In Basildon\u003cbr\u003eIt's a great read. It makes me smile and say 'Yes!' aloud. 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