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Writing Tips: The Anatomy Of Genres With John Truby

The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers

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Changing the Order of Beats Is a Big Thing

"If you just hit those beats, you're doing what everybody else is doing," he says. "You absolutely don't want to be hemmed in by it ... But at the same time, you have to hit those beats." He adds: "It's essential that you take a genre story and do it in such a way that they've never seen before"

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