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. In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his seminars, providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. Photos.
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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. In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his seminars, providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. Photos.
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STATED 1st Edition HARDBACK w/Dustjacket, some shelf wear in protective mylar cover, inscribed/SIGNED by AUTHOR: ROBERT MCKEE, VG Shiny copy! FREE USPS TRACKING NUMBER! Writing for the screen is quirky business. A writer must labor meticulously over his or her prose, yet very little of that prose is ever heard by filmgoers. The few words that do reach the audience, in the form of the characters' dialogue, are, according to Robert McKee, best left to last in the writing process. ("As Alfred Hitchcock once remarked, 'When the screenplay has been written and the dialogue has been added, we're ready to shoot. ' ") In Story, McKee puts into book form what he has been teaching screenwriters for years in his seminar on story structure, which is considered by many to be a prerequisite to the film biz. (The long list of film and television projects that McKee's students have written, directed, or produced includes Air Force One, The Deer Hunter, E.R., A Fish Called Wanda, Forrest Gump, NYPD Blue, and Sleepless in Seattle. ) Legions of writers flock to Hollywood in search of easy money, calculating the best way to get rich quick. This book is not for them. McKee is passionate about the art of screenwriting. "No one needs yet another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers, " he writes. "We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding principles that liberate talent." Story is a true path to just such a rediscovery. In it, McKee offers so much sound advice, drawing from sources as wide ranging as Aristotle and Casablanca, Stanislavski and Chinatown, that it is impossible not to come away feeling immeasurably better equipped to write a screenplay and infinitely more inspired to write a brilliant one. --Jane Steinberg
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Very Good in Good dust jacket in Good jacket. Signed and inscribed to a named individual by the author on the title page. Crisp, clean pages with no owners' marks, though age-toned throughout; hard cover and dust jacket show some crimping at the spine heel, and jacket bears a few small, gray smudges at the lower front, a short, closed tear at the bottom right rear, tiny wrinkles at the spine head, and mild shelfwear around corners and spine ends, otherwise attractive and well-kept, now protected in a clear sleeve.; Signed by Author.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Very Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on title page. (motion picture authorship) [ISBN 0060391685]
This fantastic book goes over the structure of writing a screenplay. It's an excellent resource, full of screenwriting wisdom and examples of great screenplays. Absolutely no fluff.