» Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
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Rating: 4.5 / 5.00 (176 reviews)
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Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment
Rating: 4.5 / 5.00 (176 reviews)
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Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting Details
Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780060391683
ISBN: 0060391685
Label: HarperEntertainment
Manufacturer: HarperEntertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 1997-12-17
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Release Date: 1997-11-25
Studio: HarperEntertainment
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting Reviews
Customer Rating:Summary: Great book
Comment: 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.
Customer Rating:
Summary: I think it is great
Comment: 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.
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Summary: story
Comment: very good book with very interesting tips even for writers. i learned a lot. thnak you.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Essential reading for any writer
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Invaluable Resource
Comment: 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.
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Editorial Review for Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting:
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.