The Grand Master of STORY: Robert McKee | Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll sits down with screenwriting legend Robert McKee to talk about creativity, philosophy, and the power of telling-and owning-your story. To read more about Robert and peruse the full show notes, go here👉🏾bit.ly/richroll736
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:46 - The Farewell Tour of Robert's Story Seminars
00:04:56 - Story 2 - "A Creative Spectrum of Choices"
00:13:03 - Why are Stories so Integral to the Human Experience?
00:15:07 - Storytelling on TV vs Film, Superiority of Longform Storytelling
00:23:22 - The Evolution of the Anti-Hero
00:30:53 - Ad Break
00:32:45 - The Bad Guy Era, Reckoning with Our Mirror Image
00:38:45 - Using Story to Make Sense of Reality
00:46:38 - Self deception - The stories we tell ourselves about ourselves
00:47:55 - McKee's Search for Meaning for the Human Condition
00:53:20 - Life is not a Journey, It's a Struggle
01:01:45 - What’s Out There Now that You’re Enjoying?
01:09:51 - What distinguishes a good writer from a great writer? Analogical Logic
01:14:37 - The War of Art. What do you feel about ‘the Muse’?
01:16:09 - The Marketing of Artists, They Want to Appear Mysterious.
01:21:38 - The back-story of the Film, Adaptation
01:33:11 - The Problem with Actors, "Love Me" & Gurus
01:36:22 - Back to Adaptation, Casting Brian Cox as McKee
01:38:26 - Structure. There are No Rules, Only Form.
01:45:36 - Writing Dialogue
01:47:47 - The Big Problem with Cinema
01:53:58 - Why is the art of storytelling and story important to the average person?
02:01:18 - Why the Decision to Teach Storytelling?
02:08:20 - Robert McKee's Legacy
02:10:39 - Closing
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