Book description
For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors. His "Story Seminar" is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters, filmmakers, and novelists. Now, Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Story as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
When I was struggling to write my first mystery novel, I realized that I hadn’t a clue what makes a mystery novel a compelling page-turner. My Beta readers thought that my main character was flat. A cipher. I needed to transform the manuscript into a story that made the reader care about the characters (especially the protagonist). Not just present a clever trail of clues and red herrings.
This book focuses on screenwriting, but what McKee says about plotting in general (three-act structure, scene structure, etc.) is completely applicable to writing a mystery novel, and he gives such practical advice.…
From Hallie's list on The best how-to-write books for turning out a killer mystery novel.
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