Every belief that human beings have is an interprepretation of reality. The first thing the writer has to decide is, what gone is this? Is it a crime story? IsIt a love story? Is it family drama? Is it war story? A social drama about problems in society the need curing? And so non fiction is fiction to one degree. O heall stories are fiction. Let's even just say fictional films. Like, what does it change when the story has some basis in real people and real events? Wel, i can get away with murder in a way. Yo, know, its a biography, or even autobiography. Not everything has to make the same kind of
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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