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Story : Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by MacKee, Robert is a reference work available to read on EtoBox.
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## Amazon.com Review Writing for the screen is quirky business. A writer must labor meticulously over his or her prose, yet very little of that prose is ever heard by filmgoers. The few words that do reach the audience, in the form of the characters' dialogue, are, according to Robert McKee, best left to last in the writing process. ("As Alfred Hitchcock once remarked, 'When the screenplay has been written and the dialogue has been added, we're ready to shoot.' ") In __Story__, McKee puts into book form what he has been teaching screenwriters for years in his seminar on story structure, which is considered by many to be a prerequisite to the film biz. (The long list of film and television projects that McKee's students have written, directed, or produced includes __Air Force One__, __The Deer Hunter__, __E.R.__, __A Fish Called Wanda__, __Forrest Gump__, __NYPD Blue__, and __Sleepless in Seattle__.) Legions of writers flock to Hollywood in search of easy money, calculating the best way to get rich quick. This book is not for them. McKee is passionate about the art of screenwriting. "No one needs yet another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers," he writes. "We need a re
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- Author
- MacKee, Robert
- Publisher
- ReganBooks
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062039828
- Category
- reference
- Subjects
- Design, Art, Reference
- Rating
- 4.23 / 5 (7,432 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
