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Story: Substance, Structure, Style 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.  more

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All I can say is that THIS is the book I'll take with me on a desert Island.If you are a writer, this Book should be with you all the time. Amazing.

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There are some very good books of this type available and this is one of them. I would also recommend The Art of Dramatic Writing and Hero with a Thousand Faces.

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Worth the money...

I found the book a bit dense (or maybe I'm the one who is dense). At any rate, the info inside is a break from the traditional 'formatting and structure' books that litter the landscape. McKee's 'Story' is much more centered on the...

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Posted: May-25-2009
ESSENTIAL!!!

Not done reading through the whole book yet so I won't go into the details too much! Nevertheless, I've read enough already to know that this book is a MUST read for anyone hoping to take a shot at writing for the screen. Robert McKee is...

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All I can say is that THIS is the book I'll take with me on a desert Island.If you are a writer, this Book should be with you all the time. Amazing.

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A necessary evil for screenplay writers

Don't get me wrong, this is a book that every screenwriter should read, but... I find myself at odds many times when reading it. First look at Robert McKee's IMDb listing. Here is a man who has NOT written a number of award-winning...

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I'm sorry but I find it almost insulting that someone would stand up on an orange box and preach about a subject that he knows NOTHING about. To me that's the definition of a scam artist.I have dozens upon dozens of screenwriting books...

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