Story : substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting /

Story provides insight and inspiration for screen and television writers, novelists, playwrights, journalists - anyone with a story to tell.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McKee, Robert, 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [York?] : Methuen, 2014.
Series:Methuen film.
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Table of Contents:
  • The writer and the art of story. The story problem
  • The elements of story. The structure spectrum
  • Structure and setting
  • Structure and genre
  • Structure and character
  • Structure and meaning
  • The principles of story design. The substance of story
  • The inciting incident
  • Act design
  • Scene design
  • Scene analysis
  • Composition
  • Crisis, climax, resolution
  • The writer at work. The principle of antagonism
  • Exposition
  • Problems and solutions
  • Character
  • The text
  • A writer's method.