Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

'The best book on the subject I've read. Quite brilliant' Tony Jordan, creator/writer, Life on Mars, Hustle

We 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 vastarray of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to theheart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape tonarrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woodsand, like any great art, comes from deep within. From ancient myths tobig-budget blockbusters, he gets to the root of the stories that are allaround us, every day.

'Marvellous' Julian Fellowes

'Terrifyingly clever ... Packed with intelligent argument'Evening Standard

'The most important book about scriptwriting since William Goldman's Adventures in the Screen Trade' Peter Bowker, writer, Blackpool, Occupation, Eric and Ernie