Sunday, September 15, 2024

Robert mcgee to character, synopsis



Now, for his book on character

It's most likely the best book in regard to character development and arcs, is it the best? Not necessary, but it reaches out on top of the rest being on top.

Particular Chapters that stand-out are the complex character, The Symbolic Character, and the Radical Character within his chapters, his handling of short-form and long-form storytelling within the last chapter is captivating of how he dismantles Breaking Bad and Slave Play.

The distinctions between characterization, true character, character driven/vs event, and the setting and character. What little conceptual frameworks to comprehend and competence for the writer.

Not perfect with IQ or EQ, Free will and sense of selves with though are expertly summarised.

Synoptic Reading: McKee's Body of working, Ex-Hollywood screenwriters love-letter to the craft. My life and living with such pondering.

No wonder this was recommended to me in regard to understanding basic writing structure, these are merely anatomy references towards the dreams of a creative writer.

He's a scriptwriter, so naturally he's a bit biased. What he does is give the all-medium writer with the others. He seems to go an inspire others like all reverse-engineers do, and attempts to describe certain key concepts like the controlling idea used in further writing books forwards.

Any entertainer of non-fiction will have a shot, although the story grid reaches out on top in regard to editing one's draft. Oh, writing the natural way aligns as well as doing free-writing like this.

(Skipping all the fake show-don't-tell maxim, including the obvious Orwell praise, I'd recommend Snowball's Revenge if you'd like to hear my opinion on that. )

The Story Grid/Character/Writing the Natural Way > Dialogue/Story grid Pride and Prejudice:Act > Story/Action > Storynomics

Ignore the centirism, have at it.