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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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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A substantial, often brilliant book,
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This review is from: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (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:
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Danger; kills creativity!,
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This review is from: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (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:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great information but verbose and self-indulgent delivery,
By Script Angel (Solihull, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (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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