Robert teaches how writers can layer subtext underneath a cliché in order to make the line work.

Robert McKee teaches how to create and use backstory to turn scenes through revelation.

Robert teaches how adapting novels, and the dialogue within, for screen is a matter of reinvention.

Robert McKee on how to deal with dialogue when planning out your story beats and turning points in a treatment.

Robert McKee teaches the relationship between image systems and empathy.

Robert McKee explains the purpose of subtext, and the difference between manipulation and tactics.