Websites that offer book/movie/story analyses useful for writers?

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I was wondering if there are any websites that offer analyses of stories, written or otherwise, with the intention to teach people something about writing and storytelling?

I realize I can just google for analyses on specific works of litterature, but I thought maybe someone had made a more collected effort. Pehaps even divided into different aspects of writing/storytelling, such as prose, characters or story structure.

Might be tempting for lazy kids who don't want to do their homework, though...

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 03:03

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Try http://tvtropes.org. It's an exhaustive list of tropes and idioms and written in kind of a smart-alecky tone, but among the snark there's genuinely useful analysis.

answered Oct 22 '12 at 03:03

lonstar

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '12 at 08:33

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Here's a link for movies. John Truby's analysis of many Hollywood movies. http://www.truby.com/reviewarc.html

answered Dec 10 '12 at 08:33

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