Action

Description

From the master of Story, Dialogue, and Character, ACTION offers writers the keys to propulsive storytelling.  
ACTION explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés. Teaming up with the former co-host of The Story Toolkit, Bassim El-Wakil, legendary story lecturer Robert McKee guides writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre, illuminating the challenges, and, more importantly, demonstrating how to master the demands of plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.
Topics include: 

Understanding the Four Core Elements of Action

Creating the Action Cast

Hook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in Action

The Action Macguffin

Action Set Pieces

The Sixteen Action Subgenres

A must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action movies of our time including: Die Hard, The Star Wars Saga, Dark Knight, The Matrix, and Avengers: Endgame.

Robert McKee, a Fulbright Scholar, is the world's most sought-after author and lecturer known for his seminars/webinars that provides writers with crucial insight on the story universe. His writing seminars have earned him an international reputation. The cornerstones of his teaching are Character, Storynomics, and Dialogue. Translated into 23 languages, these singular works have defined how we talk about the art of storytelling. Over the last 35 years, he has mentored screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, poets, documentary makers, producers, and directors. The list of McKee alumni includes the winners of over 60 Academy Awards, 200 Emmy Awards, and 100 Writers Guild of America Awards, as well as recipients of the Pulitzer, Booker, Olivier, and other major prose and playwriting prizes.
Bassim El-Wakil has worked closely with Robert McKee for over a decade, as author and lecturer. Acknowledged as an expert on all forms of story structure and genre, he has a personal love for Action, Crime, Fantasy, and the long-form serials of television and comic books. His podcasts, THE STORY TOOLKIT and THE WRITER'S JIHAD are available on all major podcast platforms.

ACCLAIM FOR ROBERT MCKEE"Legendary."—The Washington Post “Universally acclaimed.”—The New York Times “McKee is the world’s best-known and most respected lecturer of Storytelling Arts.”—The Wall Street Journal “The ultimate master.”—BBC “His great insight into storytelling is unparalleled.”—Los Angeles Times “A not-so-secret force in the movie industry and Hollywood’s most sought-after screenwriting instructor.”
—Vanity Fair