01-15-2014, 06:32 AM
Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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.
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Writing for the screen is quirky business. A writer must labor
meticulously over his or her prose, yet very little of that prose is
ever heard by filmgoers. The few words that do reach the audience, in
the form of the characters' dialogue, are, according to Robert McKee,
best left to last in the writing process. ("As Alfred Hitchcock once
remarked, 'When the screenplay has been written and the dialogue has
been added, we're ready to shoot.' ") In Story, McKee puts into
book form what he has been teaching screenwriters for years in his
seminar on story structure, which is considered by many to be a
prerequisite to the film biz. (The long list of film and television
projects that McKee's students have written, directed, or produced
includes Air Force One, The Deer Hunter, E.R., A Fish Called Wanda,
Forrest Gump, NYPD Blue, and Sleepless in Seattle.)
Legions of writers flock to Hollywood in search of easy money,
calculating the best way to get rich quick. This book is not for them.
McKee is passionate about the art of screenwriting. "No one needs yet
another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers," he writes.
"We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding
principles that liberate talent." Story is a true path to just such a rediscovery.
Reviews...
"... stimulating, innovative, refreshingly practical." -- -- Lawrence Kasdan, Director
"...the best guide on writing you can find." -- Laurence Chollet, [i]The Record, Northern New Jersey[/i]
"In difficult periods of writing, I often turn to Robert McKee's wonderful book for guidance" -- -- Dominick Dunne, Novelist
"McKee is the Stanislavski of writing." -- -- Dennis Dugan, Writer, NYPD Blue
"Story is an excellent instruction manual on the craft of storytelling." -- [i]Austin American-Statesman
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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.
Writing for the screen is quirky business. A writer must labor
meticulously over his or her prose, yet very little of that prose is
ever heard by filmgoers. The few words that do reach the audience, in
the form of the characters' dialogue, are, according to Robert McKee,
best left to last in the writing process. ("As Alfred Hitchcock once
remarked, 'When the screenplay has been written and the dialogue has
been added, we're ready to shoot.' ") In Story, McKee puts into
book form what he has been teaching screenwriters for years in his
seminar on story structure, which is considered by many to be a
prerequisite to the film biz. (The long list of film and television
projects that McKee's students have written, directed, or produced
includes Air Force One, The Deer Hunter, E.R., A Fish Called Wanda,
Forrest Gump, NYPD Blue, and Sleepless in Seattle.)
Legions of writers flock to Hollywood in search of easy money,
calculating the best way to get rich quick. This book is not for them.
McKee is passionate about the art of screenwriting. "No one needs yet
another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers," he writes.
"We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding
principles that liberate talent." Story is a true path to just such a rediscovery.
Reviews...
"... stimulating, innovative, refreshingly practical." -- -- Lawrence Kasdan, Director
"...the best guide on writing you can find." -- Laurence Chollet, [i]The Record, Northern New Jersey[/i]
"In difficult periods of writing, I often turn to Robert McKee's wonderful book for guidance" -- -- Dominick Dunne, Novelist
"McKee is the Stanislavski of writing." -- -- Dennis Dugan, Writer, NYPD Blue
"Story is an excellent instruction manual on the craft of storytelling." -- [i]Austin American-Statesman
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