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ACTION<\/h1>\n

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The Art of Excitement
for Screen, Page, and Game<\/h2>\n

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A must-add to the McKee storytelling library, ACTION<\/em> illustrates the principles of narrative drive with precision and clarity by referencing the most popular action stories of our time, including Die Hard<\/em>, the Star Wars<\/em> saga, The Dark Knight<\/em>, The Matrix<\/em>, and Avengers: Endgame<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“ACTION<\/em> inspires action. McKee and El-Wakil have created\u00a0the guide I\u2019ve been looking for all my years as a professional screenwriter. ACTION<\/em> helps you understand how and why the thing works\u2014how its heart beats, how it thinks, and, most important, what makes it move. For a professional action writer, it almost feels like cheating.”<\/p>\n

ZAK PENN<\/strong><\/div>\n
Screenwriter \/ Director<\/div>\n
LAST ACTION HERO<\/strong>
X-MEN: THE LAST STAND<\/strong>
THE INCREDIBLE HULK<\/strong>
READY PLAYER ONE<\/strong>
FREE GUY<\/strong><\/div>\n

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“Robert McKee\u2019s books offer lucid analysis, perceptive insights, and fruitful challenges to those of us who practice the magical arts of storytelling. I highly recommend his latest, ACTION<\/em>. Buy it, read it, put it to work!”<\/p>\n

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THE TUDORS<\/strong>
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The Action Genre enacts the master metaphor for humanity\u2019s never-ending struggle of life versus death. Action sends a self-sacrificing hero against a self-obsessed villain in a story-long fight to thwart malevolence and rescue a hapless victim. These characters\u2014hero, villain, victim\u2014represent three opposing drives within every human being: the will to triumph, the impulse to destroy, and the hope to survive…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Legendary lecturer Robert McKee teams up with co-host of The Story Toolkit<\/em>, Bassim El-Wakil, to guide writers to award-winning originality by deconstructing the action genre. ACTION<\/em>\u00a0illuminates the challenges of the genre and demonstrates how to master the demands of the action plot with surprising beats of innovation and ingenuity.<\/span><\/p>\n

ACTION<\/em> is written for creatives in\u00a0all media\u2014from television and\u00a0film to graphic novels and games\u2014to guide your exploration of this compelling genre and to inspire your finest work in its noble tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn the ways in which a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart but wins the war on clich\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n

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