Story

Substance, Structure, Style, and Principles of screenwriting

'An amazingly important course'. - John Cleese - Writing for the screen is quirky business. In Story, McKee puts into book form w what he has been teaching screenwriters for years in his seminars on story structure, which is considered by many to be a prerequisite to the film biz (www.mckeestory.com). McKee is passionate about the art of screenwriting. 'No one needs an other recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers', he writes. 'We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding principles that liberate talent.' Story is a true path to just such a rediscovery. McKee offers so much sound advice that it is impossible not to come away feeling immeasurably better equipped to write a screenplay.