Robert McKee
Robert McKee
Robert McKeeis a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee is the author of a "screenwriters' bible" called Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting. Online, McKee has a blog and a writers' resource website called "Storylogue"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
CountryUnited States of America
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Story isn't a flight from reality but a vehicle that carries us on our search for reality,
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The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.
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Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.
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When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience.
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A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.
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God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.
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To connect to people at the deepest level, you need stories.
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Of the total creative effort represented in a finished work, 75 percent or more of a writer's labor goes into designing the story designing story tests the maturity and insight of the writer, his knowledge of society, nature, and the human heart. Story demands both vivid imagination and powerful analytic thought.
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Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.
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All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.
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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.