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| Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Mckee
Publisher: HarperEntertainment
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  175 reviews
Sales Rank: 2782
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 480
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.4
ISBN: 0060391685
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780060391683
ASIN: 0060391685
Publication Date: December 17, 1997
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| Customer Reviews:
 Let me tell you a Story April 6, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fantastic content and narrative! McGee's book is awesome however the Audio CD really brings it all to life. Candidly, I'm surprised Robert is also so talented narrating the audio - this is a must-have purchase, even if you've already bought is book "Story".
 Bible for screenwriting February 10, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Mckee's book is famous and hardly needs someone like me to review it. This is the bible of screenwriting. With that said, there are a lot of basics in here that advanced screenwriters always follow, but are beyond. It is a quick and interesting read that you will benefit from. After reading it, pick up the film Adaptation and laugh out loud.
The best book on crafting a story February 8, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
By far the best book about the crafting of stories. McKee provides insights into story development that I haven't found in any other volume on screenwriting. Helped me immensely to be able to recognize viable plot lines, and understand why some stories just don't work. This is not a book for the beginning writer; it doesn't deal with such 101 stuff as script formatting. Rather, it's a higher level text for writers who have some knowledge of the craft. I go back again and again to this book.
If you want a straight forward approach to script writing order now. February 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
While most everyone who works in Screenplay is familiar with Syd Field. Robert McKee I have found has a much less wordy and practical approach to understanding writing not only in movies which is the best use for this text but novels as well. Must read for anyone who writes anything.
The world would have far better stories that abused the tried and true archetypes a lot less if people would just read this book.
A bible for screen-writers. January 29, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Some spots of this text can be long and some subjects can be kind of confusing. But this text is very good in detail about what things good screen writers should do and some things that they shouldn't do when writing screenplays. The fundamentals about writing good solid stories and coming up with ideas to create characters and have empathy for all the characters one creates in their screenplays. This is a must ready for any person that wants to become a screen-writer.
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