Professional comments on

Yves Lavandier's Constructing a Story

"A gold mine for writers. It gave me precious advice as well as a solid dose of motivation." - Antoine Bauza (screenwriter and game designer)

"Lavandier is the living god of screenwriters." - Frédéric Beigbeder (novelist and filmmaker)

"Behind this scrupulous pursuit of quality and construction lies an awesome love of cinema and narrative in general." - Francis Veber (filmmaker)

"Constructing a Story is fabulous. So smart, so clear, so insightful. A brilliant and necessary tool for any writer." - Maggie Soboil (filmmaker, producer and script consultant)

"Constructing a Story is also a meditation on the creative process in general and cinema in particular, with examples from European and American films and from psychology, philosophy, classic theater and archetypal stories." - Elana Golden (screenwriter, teacher and script consultant)

"Yves Lavandier's new book is as good as his previous one (Writing Drama). It manages to get underneath the skin of the story. Recommended." - Julian Friedmann (film agent)

"Every once in a while I read a new book on storytelling and structure. Yves Lavandier's Constructing a Story is outstanding. Truly helpful and, since I can't make every word in it stick to my brain, the one I will now keep coming back to when I need a refresher. Very pleased to add this to my library." - Mindy Schneider (screenwriter and novelist)