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A review by evelynepisodes
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story by John Yorke
3.0
When I started my journey writing short stories, this was one I was brought up with every time I did a google search. And in truth, it was a great introduction to the story writing experience, I was captivated from page one and thrown into the splendid world of story theory, where the academic writing is as marvellous as the craft itself. It was a writer-nerd's bliss. It studied and broke down films into swallow sized chunks that could easily be detained and understood.
Now, you probably ask why I only gave it three stars. Here's the thing... It was great most of the time. There were bits where it was five stars, ten out ten, brilliant, fab, wonderful and intelligently superb. But then there were the other bits, I'm thinking of when he runs out of structures and starts going abstract in the later half of the book. Which is brilliant, using the idea of pop music and composer work to explain complex ideas is brilliant. However, it gets wordy, off track, un-engaging and irrelevant. There is a reason it took me so long to read.
So I feel like there are parts that a five stars, and parts that are one star. So three stars was the best I could give it. I still absolutely love this book, don't get me wrong. I've learnt so much and I'll keep coming back to it... but in a world of dualities; the good the bad, the right and wrong, here we see that Yorke went into the woods, got lost, and eventually got out but with a bundle of 'flesh wounds'.
- Evelyn
Now, you probably ask why I only gave it three stars. Here's the thing... It was great most of the time. There were bits where it was five stars, ten out ten, brilliant, fab, wonderful and intelligently superb. But then there were the other bits, I'm thinking of when he runs out of structures and starts going abstract in the later half of the book. Which is brilliant, using the idea of pop music and composer work to explain complex ideas is brilliant. However, it gets wordy, off track, un-engaging and irrelevant. There is a reason it took me so long to read.
So I feel like there are parts that a five stars, and parts that are one star. So three stars was the best I could give it. I still absolutely love this book, don't get me wrong. I've learnt so much and I'll keep coming back to it... but in a world of dualities; the good the bad, the right and wrong, here we see that Yorke went into the woods, got lost, and eventually got out but with a bundle of 'flesh wounds'.
- Evelyn