Memo From the Story Department offers a battery of story-generating engines and story-improving tools, and reliable methods tested on hundreds of Hollywood productions. It goes far beyond the standard advice given in most screenwriting manuals. Drawn from sources as varied as vaudeville, classical Greek comedies, and Russian fairy tales, the book outlines a series of practical templates for creating believable characters and emotionally satisfying plots. THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO THE WRITER’S JOURNEY Picking up where his immensely successful The Writer’s Journey left off, Christopher Vogler and his colleague, David McKenna, have produced an authoritative guide for structure and character development. Screenwriters, novelists, game designers and film students: this set of precision tools will take your story, step by step, through a quantum leap in writing quality.
- ISBN-10: 1932907971 ISBN-13: 9781932907971 Publication date: July 1, 2011 Language: English Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
CHRISTOPHER VOGLER is a top story analyst and consultant for major Hollywood studios and talent. His book The Writer’s Journey has been translated into ten languages and is one of the top-selling screenwriting manuals in the world. DAVID MCKENNA is a stage director, acting coach, voice-over artist and film professor at Columbia University and Barnard College. He is an expert on horror, Westerns, war movies, and the films of Clint Eastwoo
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