Improve your podcast with these five storytelling tips
How do you create a podcast which hooks an audience and keeps them coming back for more? John Yorke gives his quick storytelling tips.
Advice from John Yorke
John Yorke’s favourite book on story structure
John Yorke is the author of one of the top bestselling books on story structure in the UK, Into the Woods. However, John credits an earlier book as the single best book ever written about the art of storytelling.
What novelists should know about story structure
John Yorke explains why all novelists should take time to learn the universal language of storytelling.
Where do I apply for a training bursary?
We’ve collated some UK-based sources of funding and training bursary support to help you figure out the best route for you.
Does your character have an internal desire that drives your story?
Your character has a ‘want’, but do they have a ‘need’? BAFTA-winning John Yorke explains how you establish a character’s internal desire.
How the JYS Learning Model works
We detail the exact model of our tried and tested pedagogy and why it’s so effective.
10 questions every writer should ask their story
You’ve written your story, now how can you test whether it’s as good as it can be? John Yorke recommends asking 10 questions.
I’ve written a script – what next?
How do you get your work read and your talent noticed? Here, we explore the steps an aspiring writer can take towards success.
John Yorke breaks down the story structure of HBO’s Chernobyl
In this premium article John Yorke explores how Chernobyl’s makers ‘took something complex, grey, difficult and un-heroic and turned it into a classic Hollywood narrative shape’.
