McKeeStory

Robert McKee’s official website.

At What Stage Should You Rewrite?

From outline to treatment, from first to final draft, Robert McKee describes the various ways in which screenwriters are rewriting at every stage.

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (2015)

A review of George Miller’s film, Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), by Bass Wakil, co-author with Robert McKee on their upcoming book on the Action genre, ACTION: The Art of Excitement.

Where is the Power in PowerPoint?

PowerPoint vs. Story: Who wins, and why? What is your reaction when someone says they want to show you a PowerPoint presentation? What is your reaction when someone says they want to tell you a story? We thought so. Robert McKee explains why these approaches feel so...

Where does ‘truth’ in story come from, if not from suffering?

  And what constitutes ‘truth’ in story? Robert McKee explores how stories make meaning.   Quote of the Week “Suffering is no more drama than Happiness is. Happiness and Suffering  are the static states of emotion experience in which nothing changes....

Do Your Scenes Turn?

Changing the Positive and Negative Charges of a Value to Create Truly Effective Scenes. From Robert McKee’s bestseller, STORY: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (also available as an audio book):   “A SCENE is an action...