When i was six, my father invented a unique form of punishment. He had this gorgeous volume of aesop's fables with his magnificent colored plates. And he would have me copy out aesop’s fable plus the moral at the bottom in good penmanship. And then i would have to come to him in the living room and explain the fable to him and give him my interpretation of the moral. I just eat the moral, but my interpretation of what the story meant. When i didit, my father's eyes would light up, because i was impressing,. i and aate to impress your fathers significant and so ipbend ivebeen doing
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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