Ever hear the thing about icebergs? WILL: Do you know much about icebergs, Dad? EDWARD: Do I? I saw an…
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There’s a guy that somehow finds his way into every one of my scripts. He’s roughly between 25-35. Middle class….
First, the Hero needed a single Objective. Frodo needed to return the ring. The Dude wanted his rug back. Then,…
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J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is about 1200 pages from the beginning of Fellowship of the Ring to the…
“What’s it about?” Ever get that question? What do you say? Do you spout off three or four paragraphs describing…
McKee: Nothing happens in the real world? Are you out of your fucking mind? People are murdered every day! There's…
Every writer has a different take on Voice Over, but for the most part, the usual argument goes something like…
“The night was… moist.” –Throw Momma From the Train, 1987 Writer’s Block. I’m not sure that there’s anything more fearful….
And can you by no drift of conference Get from him why he puts on this confusion, Grating so harshly…