Can Clichés Ever Be Useful?
Robert McKee explains how skilled writers can draw upon a deep knowledge of storytelling tradition in order to create a unique tale.
Creating Intrigue Through Character Backstory
Robert McKee teaches how the revelation of secrets can be used to drive your story towards a powerful climax.
Does Your Antagonist Risk Upstaging Your Protagonist?
McKee teaches how the relative complexity of characters affects the audience, and the strategies a writer can use to ensure empathy is not pulled away from the protagonist.
Can Conflict Be Left Unresolved?
Robert answers an attendee’s question about whether it is acceptable to leave some of your protagonist’s struggles unresolved at climax.
How Do You Reveal a Character’s Hidden Nature?
Robert answers an attendee’s question about how to reach an understanding of the true nature of a character before revealing it to the audience.
IMPOSTERS
Robert McKee's "Works/Doesn't Work" Review IMPOSTERS Created by Paul Adelstein & Adam Brooks It Works. (Spoiler Alert!)I’ve just finished IMPOSTERS (2017-2018), Bravo’s two-season crimedy. The series works. It satirizes con artists and their victims, hooking, holding...