Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Robert McKee has built a formidable international reputation through his screenwriting workshops, drawing in everyone from first-time writers to seasoned professionals looking to sharpen their craft. His alumni list reads like a Hollywood roll call: Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie have all passed through his doors. Writers, producers, development executives and agents regularly fill his lecture halls, consistently describing the experience as intense, absorbing and genuinely transformative for their work. In Story, McKee brings the full weight of his $450 seminar (considered essential viewing by industry insiders) onto the page, offering readers a thorough, joined-up explanation of what it actually takes to write for the screen. It's a rare book that manages to hold structure, character, style and substance together without any of it feeling forced or compartmentalised. If you've ever wondered what separates a screenplay that sings from one that simply sits there on the page, McKee's analysis of how narrative construction and character development feed into each other makes for a genuinely illuminating read.
- Author: Robert McKee
- Publisher: It Books
- Genre: Film & Cinema
- ISBN: 978-0060391683
- Pages: 480 pages