Story : substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting /

McKee, Robert, 1941-

Story : substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting / Substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting Robert McKee. - 466 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Methuenfilm . - Methuen film. .

Originally published: 1998.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-422), filmography (pages 423-455) and index.

The writer and the art of story. The story problem -- The elements of story. The structure spectrum -- Structure and setting -- Structure and genre -- Structure and character -- Structure and meaning -- The principles of story design. The substance of story -- The inciting incident -- Act design -- Scene design -- Scene analysis -- Composition -- Crisis, climax, resolution -- The writer at work. The principle of antagonism -- Exposition -- Problems and solutions -- Character -- The text -- A writer's method.

Story provides insight and inspiration for screen and television writers, novelists, playwrights, journalists - anyone with a story to tell.


Text in English.

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Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture plays--Technique.
Cinéma--Art d'écrire.
Motion picture authorship.
Motion picture plays--Technique.
Filmscenario's.
Schrijven.

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