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John Roland Clifford Yorke (born 9 July 1962) [1] [2] is a British television producer and script editor, who was head of Channel 4 Drama 2003–2005, [3] [4] controller of BBC drama production 2006-2012 [5] and MD of Company Pictures (2013-2015). [6] Yorke wrote Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them (2014), a screenwriting ...
It’s required reading on all university writing degrees and is the UK’s bestselling book on screenwriting. John argues that all stories share the same blueprint – because they reflect the way in which the human brain makes sense of the world. Storytelling is hardwired into human perception. We cannot not tell stories, and we can all do it ...
May 29, 2014 · John Yorke dissects the structure of stories with a joyous enthusiasm allied to precise, encyclopedic knowledge. Guaranteed to send you back to your writing desk with newfound excitement and drive.” - Chris Chibnall, creator/writer, Broadchurch and Gracepoint “Into the Woods by John Yorke is brilliant on story structure.”
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John Yorke is widely acknowledged as the UK’s foremost expert on story. He has spent years analysing not just how stories work but why they resonate with audiences around the globe, and his book, Into the Woods, is the UK’s bestselling book on the subject. As former Head of Channel4 Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and MD of ...
Jul 21, 2016 · We were very fortunate to have John Yorke, a producer who’s worked across all areas of Drama, show us an in depth look at structure and storytelling across different scripted formats.
May 29, 2014 · Books. Into the Woods: A Five-Act Journey Into Story. John Yorke. Abrams, May 29, 2014 - Performing Arts - 309 pages. An analysis of the fundamental narrative structure, why it works, the meanings of stories, and why we tell them in the first place. The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee ...
Feb 23, 2020 · Emily Ronan. In John’s bestselling book Into the Woods, based on his experiences from a long and distinguished career in TV drama, he identifies the underlying shape common to all successful narratives and recommends that writers ask themselves ten questions to test the success of their story. In the video below from a live training workshop ...