What Has Caused the Crisis in Storytelling Today?
Robert McKee explains the state of story today, and how writers committed to studying the craft can take advantage of this.
read moreCan Banality Be Used to Postpone the Inciting Incident?
Robert McKee teaches the dangers of banality, and how moments with no meaning risk undermining your story.
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MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (2018)
The enmity between Mary and Elizabeth becomes a kind of legal argument that drags on for 40 years. Scenes are thinly disguised prosecution v defense debates over whose queenship is legitimate.
read moreWhen Should You Write the Subtext in a Treatment?
Robert McKee explains the difficulties of writing treatments, how much freedom writers actually have and when you should think about subtext.
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THE FAVOURITE (2018)
Robert McKee's "Works/Doesn't Work" Review THE FAVOURITE Written by Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara It Works. (Spoiler Alert!) THE FAVOURITE is my favorite for the Best Picture Oscar in 2019. Here's four reasons I would love to see it win: Always remember, a cliché...
read moreHow Complex Should a Crime Thriller Protagonist Be?
Robert McKee teaches the different dimensional requirements of Crime / Thriller protagonists, with reference to SHERLOCK HOLMES and MR BROOKS.
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