A lot of people go through life kind of thinking that they just make choices willie nilly, or just happens. And so i a, it just is the thing under a, myi in trying to get people to understand what the subtext of stories, and stories from their own lives are like. When two people are talking, if they're really listening to each other, they are sub sly, if not consciously, attuned to the sub text of the other person. That's what it means to listen to someone. You hear their words and you sense the meaning behind it. I've heard that since i was here a communication problems on o ve. We communicate.
Robert McKee is an author and screenwriting lecturer. His new book is Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen.”When I'm in conversation with others, I'm always aware—or sensitive, at least—to what they're really thinking and feeling. And writers must have that. They can't possibly create excellent nonfiction or fiction if they're not aware of what is going on inside of other people, really, even subconsciously, while they go about saying whatever they do consciously in the world. Because if you just recorded the surface, if you were just paying attention to the surface, you'd be missing the whole show.”
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Regan Books • 1997)
Character: The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen (Twelve • 2021)
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