Is there a book on storytelling as good as the hero of a thousand faces that focuses on specific styles of writing instead of "this story used this element/archetype/trope that this other story used a hundred years ago"? For instance a novel that's 180 pages and a novel that's 500 pages will have a totally different structure and prose even if they have similar plots. I have "The Reader Over Your Shoulder" by Robert Graves but I'm not sure if that's what I'm looking for.
>>25385122>For instance a novel that's 180 pages and a novel that's 500 pages will have a totally different structure and prose even if they have similar plots.You really needed a book to figure out that two different works can have different methods of storytelling?
>>25385203I feel like you're being reductive because it's not just the fact that two stories can be different that I'm interested in. It's how writers create mental structures using words and prose. If you don't know what I'm talking about then you should probably read more fiction.
wow that's like a lot of faces tho n g l
>>25385241You really needed a book to figure out that two different people can make two different works with different styles from the same content? You are gonna be shocked when you find out it happens in other mediums too.
>>25385257No, I already know that it happens. I want to read a book that talks about the writing process in detail. You're being retarded.
>>25385122Frye
>>25385122This post reeks of "I read about this book on wikipedia and now I have to show /lit/ how smart I am by making a thread displaying my superficial understanding of this work".
>>25385376but this thread isn't about that book it's about books similar to it
