Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend 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… Product details and pricing info |
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176 Customer Reviews Posted
- Great book
- I've been to his seminar and this book covers everything he talks about at the seminar in good detail. The seminar is still well worth it as it drives everything home with real world examples.
- 2009-01-01, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- I think it is great
- Can't compare it to other books as I have not read many. I liked 'Save The Cat! a lot - but that is more of an outline to work from. This is the underlying theory.
Should be helpful to writers in any genre. - 2008-11-18, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- story
- very good book with very interesting tips even for writers. i learned a lot. thnak you.
- 2008-11-09, 2 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Essential reading for any writer
- I've read a lot of fiction help books, but most of them are geared at the mechanics and tricks of fiction. None of them, in my opinion, philosophically tackles the concept of story telling and how stories work. Instead, they give tips and techniques like "put in rising conflict" or "make your characters likeable"
In STORY, Rob McKee tells us, from a conceptual, historical & technical view, what story is, how it works and how to make it work. He writes with authority and depth. It is clear that the man has put a tremendous amount of thought into the subject and that he genuinely cares about good story telling.
I have gained a lot of insight from this book. Almost every paragraph has something to take away from it. I'd definitely recommend this book, to both prose and screen writers. - 2008-07-22, 3 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Invaluable Resource
- This is the only book on screenwriting I have read thus far, and, frankly, it would take a lot for me to read another. I have gained invaluable understanding of the screenwriting process with this book. I reference it continuously and am not disappointed. I find McKee's advice to be straight forward, easy to understand, and adapt.
- 2008-07-07, 2 of 3 people found this review helpful, Rated:
