Story

by McKee, Robert; McKee, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780694516940
• ISBN10: 0694516945
• Format: Audio CD
• Copyright: 1997-11-01
• Publisher: Harperaudio

Summary

<BLOCKQUOTE><B>11 Writers Guild of America Awards<P>17 Academy Awards™<P>79 Emmy Awards</BLOCKQUOTE></B>For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors.His "Story Structure" is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters and filmmakers. Now, Robert McKee's <I>Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting</I> reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world1s premier screenwriting teacher. With Hollywood paying record sums for great stories, and audiences clamoring for originality, McKee's <I>Story</I> gives you the strategies you need to win the war on clichés.<P><P><I>Story</I> is about form, not formula. McKee's insights cut to the hidden sources of storytelling, the decisive difference between mediocrity and excellence.<P><P>This audio goes well beyond the essential mechanics of screenwriting, packed with examples from such film classics as "Casablanca" and "Chinatown." Then, scene by sequence by act, he illuminates the principles of story design that take a writer's vision to brilliant realization. <I>Story</I> elevates the craft of screenwriting to an art form.<P>Read by the author.<P>Take it from the pros: if you're serious about your writing, this is the audio that will help you to get your story from page to screen.