Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game

by Bassem El-Wakil, Robert McKee, Bassim El-Wakil

Book Overview

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 clich?s. 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 ActionCreating the Action CastHook, Hold, Pay Off: Design in ActionThe Action MacguffinAction Set PiecesThe 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538726912
• ISBN13: 9781538726914
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"