Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #240921 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 480 pages

Synopsis
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.

Customer Reviews

Story by Robert McKee
Just a quick line to answer the P.S. from the reviewer who wanted to know who'd actually seen anything that Robert McKee had written... well, I'd like to refer this person to the Robert McKee Story website where the proof is quite plainly stated... and don't try and tell me that you've never seen or enjoyed Quincy, Kojak or Columbo 'coz I'll know you're fibbing! Plus at quick watch of the film Adaptation will be enhanced by knowing that the screen writing lecturer featured in the film is actually based on Mr McKee. I'd suggest that we do our homework before making accusations!

A substantial, often brilliant book
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.

Sorry, but I just don't get it.
I know this guy is supposedly the screenwriting guru. But sorry, I just don't get it. To be honest I couldn't even finish it. Mr McKee seems to have perfected the art of complicating even the simplest of ideas. I know a few writers who loved this book - so maybe it's just me. But give me anything by Bill Goldman any day of the week.

P.S. Anyone seen anything Mr McKee has written?