For the first time ever, Robert McKee has put together a program of online learning opportunities designed to provide the storytelling insight and tools you need, in the comfort and safety of your home. True character is expressed in the choices human beings make under pressure. Now, more than ever, we must keep our artistic fires burning. Fuel your writing career. Join us online.
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| McKee's Spring Webinar Program |
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True character is expressed in the choices human beings make under pressure. Now, more than ever, we must keep our artistic fires burning.
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In these challenging times, Robert McKee has decided to bring his teaching to you. This spring, for the first time ever, we have prepared a program of online learning opportunities designed to provide the storytelling insight and tools you need, all while in the comfort and safety of your home.
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Fuel your writing career. Join us online.
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| Register for the full spring webinar program and receive a 10% discount. |
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Building a Scene
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| April 15 |
| April 22: Bonus Q&A Session
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Every writer must strive towards this ideal: Include no scene that doesn't turn. You must work to round every scene from beginning to end by turning a value at stake in a character's life from positive to negative, or vice versa. Adherence to this principle may be difficult, but it's by no means impossible.
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The Art of the Inciting Incident
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| April 29 |
| May 6: Bonus Q&A Session
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The Inciting Incident is the first major incident in your story. At some point, as you write, you will need to answer these questions: How do I set my story in action? Where do I place this crucial event?
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Character Dimensions
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| May 13 |
| May 20: Bonus Q&A Session
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Dimension is the least understood concept in character. The industry insists on "round, three dimensional characters", but when pressed, few could actually tell you what that means, let alone create one.
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Dialogue: The Hidden Story in Subtext
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| May 27 |
| June 3: Bonus Q&A Session
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Without expressive dialogue, story events lack depth, characters lose dimension, and story flattens. More than any other technique of characterization, dialogue has the power to lift a merely complicated telling into the full array of complexity.
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The Principle of Antagonism
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| June 10 |
| June 17: Bonus Q&A Session
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A protagonist and their story can only be as intellectually fascinating and emotionally compelling as the forces of antagonism make them. The more powerful and complex the forces opposing the character, the more completely realized character and story must become.
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The Core Elements of Genre
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| June 24 |
| July 1: Bonus Q&A Session
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All writers are genre writers. Whether it's an action blockbuster such as AVENGERS: ENDGAME, or a crimedy like the excellent PARASITE, every story flows from a tradition of core events, characters, and values delineated by the genre in which it was written. The writer's first task is to identify the genre, or combination of genres that will inspire his or her creativity. The second is to master its possibilities.
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Can't Attend the Live Webinars?
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A recording of each event will be made available for one week shortly after the conclusion of the live session, giving you plenty of time to catch up at your convenience.
In the week between each webinar and its bonus Q&A session, we'll be asking those who registered to submit questions by email. Robert will then answer as many as possible during that follow-up session. So even if you can't attend the live sessions, you could still hear Robert's answers when you watch the Q&A replay.
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