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- Publisher: Harpercollins; Reprint edition (30 Jun 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060987340
- ISBN-13: 978-0060987343
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,829,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A guide to the art of screenwriting explains how to develop a storyline, refine a work in progress, and do other key aspects of creating works for film.
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Imagine, in one global day, the pages of prose turned, plays per , films screened, the unending stream of television comedy and drama, twenty-four-hour print and broadcast news, bedtime tales told to children, barroom bragging, back-fence Internet gossip, humankind's insatiable appetite for stories. Read the first page
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Imagine, in one global day, the pages of prose turned, plays per , films screened, the unending stream of television comedy and drama, twenty-four-hour print and broadcast news, bedtime tales told to children, barroom bragging, back-fence Internet gossip, humankind's insatiable appetite for stories. Read the first page
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
McKee analyses not just movie plots but the principles of dynamic storytelling, dramatising his general points with perceptive commentaries on individual scenes and sequences. The audio cassette is greatly condensed from the book, but adds the impact of the author's forceful, atmospheric delivery. Both versions are well worth having.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I do not disagree with the criticism levelled at McKee's book. He is obviously knowledgeable on his subject and may well be an excellent lecturer but his written exposition serves almost to kill creativity and from this viewpoint his book should be avoided. Good story-tellers are not necessarily good technicians and, contrary to what McKee says and while it may (only may) help, it is not necessary to be one. He is too pedantic; creativity needs freedom and what he sets out to do in this book is tantamount to killing it. To any budding author, write your story before reading this script and, better still, search for a summary of classical story structure only. Avoid all that is likely to kill the enthusiasm of your creativity. Anyone desirous of becoming a story-structure analyst (rather than a writer) then read this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a professinal script editor I can honestly say that there's little here to disagree with. He's not wrong when he says that these story structures work in delivering satisfying scripts and if your script isn't a great read it's probably down to the story structure not working. However, it's a fairly torturous read and McKee's style of delivery (here and in his famous lectures) is really hard to listen to. There is little attempt to entertain and one feels utterly preached at. If you can stick with the un-engaging writing and learn the lessons that he's hitting you over the head with, then it's well worth a read.
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Doesn't work in the Kindle format
I had already seen this book in paperback and it had been recommended to me. I am a Kindle fan so I was pleased to see it was available. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BridgetW
Great book, poor edition
I was so excited to see the kindle edition of Story. The book itself is one of my favourites. What a shame the images towards the end of the book are so poorly scanned. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rose
Story by Robert McKee
Just a quick line to answer the P.S. from the reviewer who wanted to know who'd actually seen anything that Robert McKee had written... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2003
Sorry, but I just don't get it.
I know this guy is supposedly the screenwriting guru. But sorry, I just don't get it. To be honest I couldn't even finish it. Read more
Published on 1 April 2001
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