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Robert McKee
Screenwriting Guru
Robert McKee is a creative writing teacher known particularly for his "Story Seminar," a multi-day screenwriting lecture that he has given at venues all over the world. He is the author of "Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting."
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The most successful leaders of business and government gain that power by being able to persuade their constituencies with a compelling story.
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The screenwriting guru talks about what it was like to see himself portrayed by Brian Cox in the film “Adaptation.”
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Film has hit a dead-end as a storytelling medium, says McKee, because it’s expensive and conservative—and what experimentation there is exists more to show off than to provide meaning.
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Don’t try to put plot points on specific page numbers, says the screenwriting guru.
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We spend more time than ever consuming stories. Do we need them more than we used to?
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Dialogue and description are relatively minor parts of the creative process in television and film.
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Advances in digital technology don’t change the way writers tell stories, but they do have an effect on the content of the stories that are told.
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The biggest mistake that novice screenwriters make is trying to follow what’s trendy.
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The main difference between screenwriting, playwriting and prose is the degree of conflict that interests the writer.
A conversation with the author and screenwriting guru.