About this title: 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. In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his seminars, providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780413715609ISBN:0413715604
Description: Published by Methuen Publishing Ltd in 1999. Paperback. Number of pages: 480. Condition: Very Good. May show some slight signs of wear. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780413715609ISBN:0413715604
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 480 pages. (480 pages) subtitled substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting. author is a screenwriting guru who gives sell-out courses throughout the uk and europe. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harpercollins
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780060391683ISBN:0060391685
Description: Very good. Hardcover. Has minor wear and/or markings. Has minor wear and/or markings. SKU: 25177955 All orders shipped within 1 business day. 14 day money back guarantee ISBN: 9780060391683. read more
Edition: Abridged
Binding: Audiobook CD
Publisher: HARPER COLLINS
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060856182ISBN:0060856181
Description: New. For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors. His "Story Seminar" is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters, filmmakers, and novelists. Now, Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and th... read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers, New York, NY
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780060391683ISBN:0060391685
Description: Good in Good jacket. Mylared A nice reading copy. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. Book and jacket show some shelfwear. Jacket has been mylared for protection. Pages are warped. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: METHUEN PUBLISHING LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780413715500ISBN:0413715507
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 484 pages. (484 pages) mckee presents his powerful and much sought-after knowledge in a comprehensive guide to the essentials of screenwriting and storytelling. (Hardback) read more
Description: New. 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. In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his s... read more
"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. In it, McKee offers so much sound advice, drawing from sources as wide ranging as Aristotle and Casablanca, Stanislavski and Chinatown, that it is impossible not to come away feeling immeasurably better equipped to write a screenplay and infinitely more inspired to write a brilliant one.--Jane Steinberg"
"I just finished Robert McKee's STORY--if you read only one book about novel writing, this should be the one. Yes, it is really about screenplays, but much of what McKee writes about applies to novels. He also writes about the differences between novels, plays, and screenwriting. This is not a "how to" or formula book.
To quote McKee on page one. "Story is about principles, not rules." And "Story is about eternal, universal forms, not formulas." His explanation of the Story Triangle (Chapter 2) clarified a lot for me. This is a great book for anyone writing a novel, thinking of writing one, or wanting to revise."
"This book did have some really great consideration of building and structuring conflict and how that formed a fundamental part of story. I think parts were a little less enjoyable to read because the author seemed so bitter. I guess he's had to read so many badly written scripts that he's gotten frustrated. I can understand, but it still made parts a little less enjoyable. Parts also got a little too abstract, to the point I followed the pattern of his example but not the underlying thing we were talking about anymore. Some of his examples were good, but most I was unfamiliar with or didn't remember very well. That made it a little harder to follow. Of course, this is a screenwriting book primarily and I don't write for the screen. Maybe all screenwriters have seen all these movies. Some movies the author thought were really good were ones I thought atrocious. Regardless, though, this book has some great consideration of fundamental ways stories need to work and how to go about that. I think it is still useful for the prose writer, even if it is probably more useful for a screenwriter."
By David,
Grange-over-Sands, B1, The United Kingdom
"Of American books on screenwriting this is perhaps the best. But see Yves Lavandier and William Goldman. I've read the book twice and was less impressed the second time. I don't like mathematical, algebraic, geometric illustrations of how a story is constructed. But you will still learn much from him. I have an American friends who has worked in TV and film and has attended one of his courses and doesn't rate him. however on the page he has a lot of good things to say. Do not read, without recommendation, most books on writing."
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