“Any character who goes after a desire and is impeded is forced to struggle (otherwise the story is over.) And that struggle makes him change. So the ultimate goal of the dramatic code, and of the storyteller, is to present… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“Audiences love both the feeling part (reliving the life) and the thinking part (figuring out the puzzle) of a story. Every good story has… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“Any character who goes after a desire and is impeded is forced to struggle (otherwise the story is over.) And that struggle makes him… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“time. Take a lot of it at the beginning of the writing process. I’m not talking about hours or even days. I’m talking about… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“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… — John Truby Copy Share Image
“No individual element in your story, including the hero, will work unless you first create it and define it in relation to all the… — John Truby Copy Share Image
