John Truby, renowned writing instructor and author of The Anatomy of Tale, provides a guide to comprehending the main story types. The majority of people believe that genres are merely Netflix or Amazon categories that act as a useful guide when selecting entertainment. The majority are mistaken. Not all of the movies, video games, TV episodes, and novels that people watch and read are genre fiction. They make up the vast majority of globally popular stories, making them the entertainment industry's all-stars. Because of this, corporations like publishing houses, video game studios, movie studios, and production companies buy and sell them. The stories that these companies seek to buy must be written by writers if they wish to succeed professionally. Simply put, knowing the structure is the key to winning the storytelling game. The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works is the legendary writing teacher John Truby?s step-by-step guide to understanding and using the basic building blocks of the story world. He details the three ironclad rules of successful genre writing, and analyzes more than a dozen major genres and the essential plot events, or ?beats,? that define each of them. As he shows, the ability to combine these beats in the right way is what separates stories that sell from those that don?t. Truby also reveals how a single story can combine elements of different genres, and how the best writers use this technique to craft unforgettable stories that stand out from the crowd. Just as Truby?s first book, The Anatomy of Story, changed the way writers develop stories, The Anatomy of Genres will enhance their quality and expand the impact they have on the world.