A review by jasmin_awoodun
Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them by John Yorke

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

This book definitely gave me some insights into archetypal structure that I hadn't considered before - it is, however, quite dense (as are most books on writing that I've read, to be fair) and at times felt repetitive. There were some points I wasn't totally convinced by or that seemed a bit wishy-washy, although maybe that was me failing to fully understand them. Despite my gripes with it, it was an enlightening and informative read, and a good resource for writers of all kinds (not just screenwriters). Plus I now realise that everything I thought I knew about Freytag's pyramid was wrong!