Yesterday we saw that character traits don’t come singly but in pairs. If a character is, say, one angry SOB then, all things being e...

This post is part of a longer discussion on tags and traits and how we can use them to craft unique and interesting characters. Here ...

Today I’m going to do something a bit different. I’ve finished reading Robert McKee’s “ Story ” but there are some odds and ends, advic...

Yesterday I finally finished Story by Robert McKee. It’s an excellent writing resource, one I would recommend to anyone interested in...

I’m not going to recap the content of my previous two posts (it would take too long), but if you’d like to give them a quick look here a...

Yesterday we talked about the essence of drama and the key to developing character; namely, developing a story world which will test t...

Have  you ever watched the movie, The Game ? Michael Douglas plays a person with every material advantage who is, nevertheless, precari...

Today I’d like to talk about something that puzzled me no end when I first began writing: subplots. I’ve been reading Robert McKee’s bo...

As many of you know, I’m reading Robert McKee’s, Story . It seems like each page— certainly each chapter — he looks at an old concept i...

I’m reading “Story,” by Robert McKee and kicking myself for not doing this long ago. I’ve reached the part where McKee talks about th...