|  | Author: Robert Mckee
Publisher: It Books
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Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 480
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.5
ISBN: 0060391685
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780060391683
ASIN: 0060391685
Publication Date: December 17, 1997
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 Something right, something wrong. January 3, 2008
Carlos (Spain)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
The first thing you must know about Robert Mckee is: this man has never sold a movie script to a producer, ¡never!. This guru has only written 3 TV scripts. The book of Mckee has some very interesting ideas, but you must be careful. Mckee has a very dogmatic character and all the time he believes to have the truth, the "only truth". The best of the Mckee ideas is the defense of the book "Poetics", written by Aristotle. "Poetics" is a classic where we can find the theory about the 3 acts and the resolution of the plot with the climax. Aristotle created the definition of "Deux ex-machina", a correct idea that Mckee defends. Another right thing of this writer is his emphasis in the mystery and the enigma for catch the interest of the audience.
There is no doubt that in "Story" you can find a lot of very interesting techniques about how a script must be written; but you must be careful. Robert Mckee is not God; sometimes he can be wrong, like all the men. If you are interested in movie scripts you must read this great book, but don't believe all the words of Mckee. Think by yourself.
Other interesting books about Script are: "The Writer's Journey" by Christopher Vogler, "The Art Of Dramatic Writing" by Lajos Egri, "The Anatomy Of Story" by John Truby and "The Writer's Guide for Writing Your Screenplay" by Cynthia Whitcomb.
By the way, Cynthia Whitcomb is a professional scriptwriter who has sold dozens of scripts. If you read her book you will learn useful and essential tricks that only a real worker knows. It is the difference between a professional, like Cynthia, and a "preacher", like Mckee.
 Excellent December 11, 2007
Raymond Pierre-louis
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Robert Mckee's book on screenplay is the best I have known so far. Yes indeed, this book is a masterpiece!
Brilliant November 9, 2007
Patrick J. Canning (Los Angeles, CA)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
McKee points out that in this day and age, the process of story telling has been near forgotten. Universities teach the effect of film and not the process behind it. McKee knows the fundamental aspects of story and points them out concisely and poignantly. So many people have a problem with McKee because he points out the painful truth to struggling writers and people just don't want to hear it. The fact is, he states many times that there ARE no RULES only patterns that every writer needs to know and master.
Get this book. October 10, 2007
Cliff W. Davis (Hollywood, CA USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the quintessential screenwriter's bible. I've written tons of screenplays, and I still refer to this book again and again. If this isn't in your library, you're not serious about writing for film/TV!
Recommended by son, to mom and now you September 23, 2007
Kathleen Murphy (Manlius, NY)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Transforming a lifetime of short stories to screenplays has become my focus. Struggling with story, my son told me he had a teacher in film school suggest this book. It helped him. Now its helping me. Hopefully, you'll be next. Screenplays are perplexing if you've always written in short story or book form. McKee assists in making the necessary thought revisions you must in order to succeed.
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