Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unsc… - Robert McKee

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Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form.

Robert McKee

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting · November 25, 1997 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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But I know that if you can't play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your imagination, you're condemned to hum the same old tune.

live in a fictional reality that illuminates our daily reality.

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Anxious, inexperienced writers obey rules. Rebellious, unschooled writers break rules. Artists master the form. - Robert McKee

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