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Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee

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Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity alumni. Writers, producers, development executives and agents all flock to his lecture series, praising it as a mesmerizing and intense learning experience.

In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his $450 seminars (considered a must by industry insiders), providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. No one better understands how all the elements of a screenplay fit together, and no one is better qualified to explain the "magic" of story construction and the relationship between structure and character than Robert McKee.

Book Details

  • Publisher: It Books
  • Publish Date: Nov 25th, 1997
  • Pages: 480
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.30in - 6.50in - 1.60in - 1.45lb
  • EAN: 9780060391683
  • Categories: • Writing - General• Film - Screenwriting• Screenplays

About the Author

McKee, Robert: - Robert McKee teaches his 3Story Structure2 class annually to sold out auditoriums in Los Angeles, New York, London and film capitals throughout the world. A Fulbright Scholar, this award-winning film and television writer has also served as project and talent development consultant to major production companies such as Tri-Star and Golden Harvest Films. He lives in Los Angeles and Cornwall, England.

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The screening writing guru Robert McKee will devote the final day of his famous “Story” seminar to a six-hour, scene-by-scene analysis of “Casablanca,” which he considers a paragon of excellent writing. https://t.co/qFgKiMdsKN

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@benmitchell621 I got a lot of mileage out of STORY by Robert McKee and On Writing by Stephen King. Also my friend @jordan_harper has an amazing newsletter called Welcome To The Hammer Party about the craft

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This month, @AuthorDesmond's Drops are dedicated to resources for writers, including Novel Incubator, Save the Cat, and Robert McKee's Story. They're wisdom that will guide you to more wisdom. https://t.co/Wh6ExHU4jR via @writerunboxed

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..". stimulating, innovative, refreshingly practical."-- Lawrence Kasdan, Director"McKee is the Stanislavski of writing."-- Dennis Dugan, Writer, NYPD Blue"In difficult periods of writing, I often turn to Robert McKee's wonderful book for guidance"-- Dominick Dunne, Novelist"to the people who write, direct and produce for Hollywood - or desperately wish they did - Bob McKee is a cross between E. F. Hutton and Sun Myung Moon. The man speaks, and people start to take furious notes - he is now the undisputed screenwriting king... for the legendary screenwriting boot camp that he runs. Thirty-thousand aspiring screenwriters have already taken McKee's 30-hour, three-day course..."-- "Newsday"[Story is]an excellent instruction manual on the craft of storytelling.""Austin American-Statesman..".the best guide on writing you can find."Laurence Chollet, "The Record, Northern New Jersey

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