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"Essential reading for any writer", I've read a lot of fiction help books, but most of them are geared at the mechanics and tricks of fiction. None of them, in my opinion, philosophically tackles the concept of story telling and how stories work. Instead, they give tips and techniques like "put in rising conflict" or "make your characters likeable"
In STORY, Rob McKee tells us, from a conceptual, historical & technical view, what story is, how it works and how to make it work. He writes with authority and depth. It is clear that the man has put a tremendous amount of thought into the subject and that he genuinely cares about good story telling.
I have gained a lot of insight from this book. Almost every paragraph has something to take away from it. I'd definitely recommend this book, to both prose and screen writers.

"Invaluable Resource", This is the only book on screenwriting I have read thus far, and, frankly, it would take a lot for me to read another. I have gained invaluable understanding of the screenwriting process with this book. I reference it continuously and am not disappointed. I find McKee's advice to be straight forward, easy to understand, and adapt.

"Beware of the Snake Oil Salesman", I'm sorry but I find it almost insulting that someone would stand up on an orange box and preach about a subject that he knows NOTHING about. To me that's the definition of a scam artist.

I have dozens upon dozens of screenwriting books and most of them are mediocre at best. The problem: Most are also written by people who haven't sold anything! How do these publishing companies keep allowing these non-screenwriters to publish books about screenwriting?

Ask yourself this: If you are trying to put together a model airplane, would you read the instructions by someone who has never done it before? If you were trying to rebuild a carburetor, would you read the book by the dude who knows nothing about cars or carburetors?

No, you wouldn't! (I hope.)

After wasting so much money on these wannabe snakeoil salesmen who are selling books about writing and yet have never sold anything, I've learned to stick with ONLY those who have been successful. After all, many of us who are aspiring to make it as writers don't want to read about other wannabe's 'theories' on how to make it as a writer, do we?

I've found two successful screenwriters who are worth reading: Blake Snyder and Cynthia Whitcomb. Their books are exceptional and worth reading several times over.

My advice: Instead of wasting your time reading books by people who TEACH and DON'T DO, find books only by people who have actually done it and are successful. Why read anything else? Doesn't make sense, does it?

Regarding Robert McKee, the guy hasn't 'done it' so why bother with him to begin with? If his 'theories' are so fabulous then why hasn't he been successful? Theories sound nice on paper but unless they are workable and something you can actually be successful with, they're worthless.

I just feel sorry for all the people who have been duped by McKee and who think the guy knows what he's talking about. Being that blinded could easily set your career back a decade or more. Beware of the snakeoil salesman. He can make you believe you are on the right track when really you are wasting a ton of time.

"Let me tell you a Story", 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", 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.

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"Something right, something wrong.", 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 tricks that only a real worker knows. It is the difference between a professional, like Cynthia, and a "preacher", like Mckee.

"Excellent", Robert Mckee's book on screenplay is the best I have known so far. Yes indeed, this book is a masterpiece!

"Brilliant", 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.", 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", 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.