Cover of StoryA-
FinishedAugust 11, 2012
GradeA-
GenreNonfiction
PublisherHarper Collins, 1997
★ Review · August 11, 2012

Story

by Robert McKee


This is a book about screenwriting, but it's really good and very thought provoking.

Publisher Description

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 on the concepts he teaches in his $450 seminars (considered a must by industry insiders), providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. No one better understands how all the elements of a screenplay fit together, and no one is better qualified to explain the "magic" of story construction and the relationship between structure and character than Robert McKee.

Where this fits · 2012 reading log
Book 11 of 2012 · the 2nd Nonfiction read of the year.