There are many stories that don't fit the hero’s journey. For example, the movies Psycho and The Princess Bride. And that's great! ...

The Hero’s Journey and Change Ages ago Chuck Wendig wrote an article about story structure [1], focusing on the Monomyth . It’s one o...

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...

I’m slowly worming (bookworming!) my way through Robert McKee’s epic book on life and writing, “Story,” and have come to what I think ...

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...