Transcending Your Genre with John Truby

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0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Premise of John's book
8:35 - Unwritten rules that define storytelling today
18:10 - Making mistake within genre
23:25 - The 14 genres
24:11 - You MUST mix multiple genres
26:18 - Horror story writing
30:40 - Action story writing
35:55 - Myth story writing
40:15 - Avatar & the female myth form
46:55 - Memoir & Coming-of-age story writing
49:18 - Science Fiction story writing
52:05 - Crime story writing
56:14 - Comedy story writing
58:24 - Western story writing
1:00:37 - Fantasy story writing
1:01:27 - Detective & thriller story writing
1:05:54 - Love story writing
1:08:35 - Q&A starts
1:11:00 - Only Murders in the Building genre-mixing
1:17:00 - How does Rocky mix genres?
1:18:51 - How to mix genres / what beats to use
1:20:14 - Horror & SciFi a subgenera of fantasy?
1:21:35 - How does Die Hard transcend the genre?
1:23:45 - Genre writing in Video Game writing
1:28:10 - Go here for more John Truby

Get practical tips from best-selling author, consultant and writer, John Truby, on how to transcend your genre, elevate your script, and rise above the rest.

GENRE has more to do with how your story works than any other element.

We will explore several of the 14 genres discussed in John’s upcoming book: Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works which is being published on the day of the event. The ISA is getting the exclusive premiere of this information. We will talk about specific genre expectations from structure to beats to major plot points.

We will focus on:
- Choosing the right genre for your story
- Flipping and combining genres
- Exploring and expressing themes within genre
- What brings viewers back to your genre time and time again

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