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Ask yourself: "What is more important to me in my life? My career, or my future as a writer?" LOS ANGELES  March 23-25 NEW YORK  April 12-14 LONDON  May 17-19 MOSCOW  May 24-26 BEIJING  June 1-3 TV SERIES DAY NEW YORK  April 15 MOSCOW  May 27 COMEDY DAY LONDON  May 20 CRIME + LOVE STORY + TV DAY BERLIN  June 8-10 LOS ANGELES  March 22 WASHINGTON DC  April 4 NEW YORK  April 11 MOSCOW  May 23 BEIJING  May 31 BOSTON  June 15 How Do You Balance Writing With a Career? It's unlikely you'll make money in your early days as a writer. The cold truth is that you may go years before your first pay day. This means balancing your passion with your job. The secret to this is simple, but certainly not easy. You have to make an absolute commitment to yourself and create a weekly writing timetable. Furthermore, rather than posing the number of hours per week you're going to write, set up a writing schedule to fit around your job. For example, if you don't work weekends, the obvious choice to write is Sunday. Set yourself a timetable. Write from 9 until 1 o'clock, take 30 minutes for a bite to eat, then continue from 1:30 - 5:30. This is a strenuous day. But if you were to do that every Sunday, and were absolute in your commitment, you'd be productive. The only caveat with a schedule such as this is the potential loss of momentum during the week. The ideas you have one Sunday might wither after 7 seven days, resulting in constantly playing catch up with yourself. The answer here would be to timetable a second session midweek to bridge the gap. However, before any of this, you must sit down and ask yourself: "What is more important to me in my life? My career, or my future as a writer?" If you put your career first in your mind, you will break your promises and not show up for writing work. You have to organize your head, and feelings, in such a way that you turn yourself into a writer and keep your promises. In other words, you have to show discipline. From the McKee Library Watch Video » Once I Start Writing, I Keep Getting Ideas. How Do You Stop Writing a Story? Robert McKee discusses a unique form of writer's block, and the difficulty in knowing when your story is finished. Cartoon of the Week McKee Returns to the US/UK in Spring 2018! Learn More » LOS ANGELES In March 2018, McKee is back by popular demand, bringing his essential STORY Seminar back to L.A. (March 23-25). Learn More » NEW YORK CITY In April, McKee brings the STORY Seminar and sought-after TV Series Day to N.Y.C. (April 12-15). Learn More » LONDON In May, McKee returns to London (May 17-19) with the legendary STORY Seminar. Writers also have the unique opportunity to master the codes and conventions of "the angry art" at the Comedy Genre Day (May 20). Look out for next week's newsletter: 'How Does Globalization Affect Our Storytelling?'

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Hello McKee Tribe,

"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." - Ernest Hemingway

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McKee Seminars are proud to be partnered with Screencraft, who present The Screencraft Writers Summit, with The Atlanta Film Society in April.

The McKee Team

 

The Atlanta Film Society and ScreenCraft are proud to partner in 2018 to co-present The ScreenCraft Writers Summit, to take place at the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival (ATLFF). Atlanta is the entertainment industry's busiest city for film and TV production, outpacing Los Angeles last year! Three writers were signed by managers at our last conference and we look forward to building on those success stories with this unique event! The Summit will kick-off Friday, April 13th 2018, the shared opening day for both the ScreenCraft Writers Summit and the 2018 Atlanta Film Festival. The Summit will continue for three days of programming on Saturday April 14th, Sunday April 15th, and close Monday April 16th.   Visit our event page and grab your badge now!   Confirmed speakers include:   ​Eric Heisserer (Oscar-Nominee, Arrival) Doug Jung (Star Trek Beyond, Banshee) Malcolm Spellman (Empire) Keya Khayatian (Senior Literary Agent at UTA, clients wrote Stick It, Dallas Buyers Club, Brokeback Mountain, Serendipity, etc) Eric Fineman (Producer, Spiderman: Homecoming, Miracles From Heaven) Hannah Ozer, (Literary Manager at Kaplan/Perrone) Michael Lucker (Lilo & Stitch 2, 101 Dalmations II, Vampire in Brooklyn) Jacob Krueger (The Matthew Shepard Story, founder and Instructor Write Your Screenplay) ...and many more to be announced soon.      Programming will include:   Panels and keynotes. Workshops, live table reads and small-group mentorship. A closing mimosa brunch. A pitch competition where writers and filmmakers can compete for prizes and the chance to pitch to agents, producers and A-list screenwriters. Social hours and shared evening galas that will bring Summit writers together with filmmakers and over 25,000 film enthusiasts and industry professionals attending the Atlanta Film Festival.   Panels and workshops will include:   Screenplay Craft and Structure Adapting Intellectual Property Writing the Television Pilot How to Secure and Work With an Agent/Manager Producing Independent Film The Failure Panel (returning attendee favorite) ...and more.   Click here to see the entire Press Release. The ScreenCraft Writers Summit will be a unique opportunity to learn from the best in Hollywood, in a small-scale environment where meaningful, long-term par tnerships can be forged. Hollywood heavyweights are coming to Atlanta in 2018 to share stories and insight over Southern hospitality – join us!

 

McKee Seminars | Two Arts, Inc. PO Box 681 Sherman, Connecticut 06784 United States (928) 204-2323

A masterful, complex tale of revenge. Congratulations to THREE BILLBOARDS on their 4 Golden Globes! LOS ANGELES  March 23-25 NEW YORK  April 12-14 LONDON  May 17-19 MOSCOW  May 24-26 BEIJING  June 1-3 TV SERIES DAY NEW YORK  April 15 MOSCOW  May 27 COMEDY DAY LONDON  May 20 CRIME + LOVE STORY + TV DAY BERLIN  June 8-10 LOS ANGELES  March 22 WASHINGTON DC  April 4 NEW YORK  April 11 MOSCOW  May 23 BEIJING  May 31 BOSTON  June 15 Seats are limited so register early! » Robert McKee's Works / Doesn't Work Film Review   THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI McKee says: IT WORKS (Spoiler Alert!) Congratulations to THREE BILLBOARDS on their 4 Golden Globes! This film works wonderfully for these reasons: 1 Excellent Dialogue:   Because writer/director Martin McDonagh is also a superb playwright, his talk sings. When you see the film, listen closely to the elevated language in Frances McDormand's long speeches and Woody Harrelson's voice-over letter. 2 Complex Characters:   Just to remind you: A dimension reveals itself when a character's choice of action exposes a sharp contrast or direct contradiction at one of three levels: (1) between two opposed surface traits (sexy eye makeup versus a squeaky voice). (2) Between a surface trait and a hidden truth (a charming criminal). (3) Between two irreconcilable forces at war in the character's inner life (a secret savage desire versus a guilty conscience).   Note how McDonagh uses contradiction to dimensionalize the film's parallel mothers: he plays good versus evil in Momma Dixon (Sandy Martin), then kindness versus violence in Mildred Hayes (Frances McDormand). Also note how he dimensionalizes the two gay characters by pitting them against one another: one is in the closet and vicious; the other is out and kind. 3 Surrogate Revenge Plot:   What makes this film exceptional is McDonagh's insight into the human psyche and the new twist he puts on an ancient subject.   The Revenge Plot is as old as the myth of the princess Medea who murdered her children to take revenge on her philandering husband. Euripides' The Tragedy of Medea enthralls to this day; this was the most frequently produced Greek classic in the 20th Century... Read the Full Review » Congratulations to our McKee Alumni on their many 2018 Golden Globe Nominations and Wins! THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI WINNER - Best Motion Picture (Drama) Sandy Martin - Actress - "Momma Dixon" COCO WINNER - Best Motion Picture (Animated) ·         Jason Katz - Original Story Writer ·         John Lasseter - Executive Producer ·         Michael Giacchino - Music Scoring ·         Kevin Reher - Casting IN THE FADE WINNER - Best Motion Picture (Foreign Language) ·         Michael Weber - Associate Producer LADY BIRD WINNER - Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) ·         Jordan Thaler - Casting Director ·         Chris Jones - Production Designer THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL WINNER - Best Television Series (Musical or Comedy) ·         Jack O'Connell - Actor - "Jerry" ·         Steve Rosen - Actor - "Marty Kahn" BIG LITTLE LIES WINNER - Best Television Limited Series ·         David Rubin - Casting THE HANDMAID'S TALE WINNER - Best Televisions Series (Drama) ·         Floria Sigismondi - Director ·         Nina Fiore - Writer ·         Adam Taylor - Music ·         Christopher Donaldson - Film Editor Write Compelling Dialogue that takes your Characters and Story to the Max For the very first time, McKee is making one of his programs available as a digital course. Learn to write memorable, award-winning dialogue for the page, stage, and screen. "Love the DIALOGUE online course. It's wonderful. A great companion to McKee's book, DIALOGUE!"   — Joe Martarella, Screenwriter Learn More » Look out for next week's newsletter: 'How do you balance writing with a career?'

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Hello McKee Tribe,

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou

As a writer, you must love yourself with a strength that doesn't need to be constantly reassured, one that never doubts that you are indeed a writer. You must love to write and bear the loneliness.

Your goal must be a good story well told. The story inside you.

The McKee Team

 

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