Q: What are the critical questions that a writer should be asking prior to crafting a story? Robert McKee recently took the time to answer several questions about writing, story, advice for writers and inspiration. In 2009 alone, McKee will be in LA, NY, London, Paris, Stockholm, Lisbon, Santiago, Vancouver, Acapulco…Like we said, McKee is a man on a mission. (A funny story from the seminar in New York not too long ago has Jimmy Fallon signing in as “Ted Danson.”)Īt 68, McKee continues to keep a torrid schedule of events. His classes also continue to attract A-List writers and celebs who usually go undetected amongst the crowd.
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McKee’s former students have written or co-written such commercially and critically successful films and TV shows as Wall*E (which received 6 Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Screenplay), Iron Man (two Academy Award nominations), Desperate Housewives,Hancock, Law & Order, CSI, The Lord of the Rings I-III, A Beautiful Mind, Nixon, Scrubs, The Daily Show, Grey’s Anatomy and more. Talk to people at the end of the three days and you’ll hear such reviews as “life altering,” “the most important education I’ve ever received” and “priceless.” If anything, it’s had the opposite effect as people pack theatres and auditoriums around the world to hear him speak. McKee released his bestselling book “STORY” in 1997, which, he thought at the time, may make taking the seminar unnecessary. Famously portrayed in the film Adaptation, McKee has been teaching the seminar for almost 25 years to over 50,000 students around the world. Over three intense, eleven-hour (!) days, McKee stalks the stage with the energy and enthusiasm of someone on a mission.
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They say taking Robert McKee’s 3-day Story Seminar is an experience like no other. ( As we come off Oscar weekend, here’s a great look into the timeless lessons of Hollywood screenwriting, from the master himself in this insight Q&A. Here’s an interview with Robert McKee, the God of Hollywood screenwriting – big ups to my buddy Seth Kahan for getting permission to share this interview.