Story – Robert McKee's Creative Storytelling Magazine Issue 005 – Drew Carey | Page 6

CONTENTS:
STAGE 32 HAPPY WRITER SPOTLIGHT
Learn how membership with Stage 32 has
helped one screenwriter make a career
for himself.

CHARACTER CREATION: PART 4, BUILD A
COMPLEX CHARACTER AROUND A NEED
In his ongoing series on character creation,
Robert McKee explains how a character’s
need will affect the character’s choices.

ROBERT MCKEE ON DIALOGUE,
TRIALOGUE EXAMPLE: THE GREAT GATSBY
In this installment of his series on Dialogue,
Robert McKee shows us how F. Scott Fitzgerald
expertly uses the third thing to dramatize a
spousal conflict.

FILM REVIEW: STEPHEN CHOW’S
JOURNEY TO THE WEST: PART 2
Robert McKee explains the ways Stephen
Chow hits and misses the mark.

ROBERT MCKEE INTERVIEWS RUSSELL
BRAND ON COMEDY: PART 2
McKee and Brand discuss the origins of comedy in part 2 of this interview series.

ROBERT MCKEE INTERVIEWS STEVEN
PRESSFIELD : PART 3
In this final part of Robert McKee’s interview
with Steven Pressfield, we learn about the
genesis of Pressfield’s beliefs on war – its inevitability and virtues.

YOUR OWN WORST ENEMY :
FORM OVER FORMULA
Shawn Coyne tells a story that illustrates the
best example yet of why form beats formula
every single time.
ROBERT MCKEE INTERVIEWS ONE-MAN
SHOW LEGEND MARK WHITNEY : PART 1
Mark Whitney occupies a unique place in the
world. As a successful entrepreneur with a oneof-a-kind background (including a jail stint) he
decided to undertake to become a life performer. Mark is a keen student of the human experience and writes the truth into his live shows.

ROBERT MCKEE INTERVIEWS COMEDIC
LEGEND DREW CAREY: PART 1
Robert McKee and Drew Carey discuss what
makes a good joke, the structure of a joke,
and some of Mr. Carey’s comedic challenges.
HOW HOLLYWOOD WORKS, PRODUCERS:
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
In this month’s exploration of the inner workings of Hollywood, Ed Saxon explains how
producers think.
ASK ROBERT MCKEE
In this edition of Ask McKee, we learn why
unknown writers should try to sell a whole
screenplay, not just a treatment.

Story Magazine // Issue 005