@amit's notes
The Anatomy of Story
Metadata
- Author: [[John Truby]]
- Full Title: The Anatomy of Story
- Category: #books
Notes
Classic short stories usually track a few events that lead the character to gain a single important insight. (Location 175)
Stories don’t show the audience the “real world”; they show the story world. The story world isn’t a copy of life as it is. It’s life as human beings imagine it could be. It is human life condensed and heightened so that the audience can gain a better understanding of how life itself works. (Location 182)
theme, or what I call moral argument, is the brain of the story. Character is the heart and circulation system. Revelations are the nervous system. Story structure is the skeleton. Scenes are the skin. (Location 191)