Robert McKee On The Art of Story & Why Stories Matter

The Rich Roll Podcast

Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Robert McKee is a modern Aristotle of story and master of the form who wrote the definitive book on the subject, called, of course, STORY. Robert is a Fulbright scholar and the author of five books on storytelling, including Dialogue, Character, Action, and Storynomics, but he is best known as the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world. His students have collectively won 70 Academy Awards, 250 Emmy Awards, and 100 WGA (Writers Guild of America) Awards. My conversation with Robert centered on his philosophy of story, what stories are, why they’re important for humanity and so much more. Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: House of Macadamias: https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/ Squarespace: Squarespace.com/RichRoll Thesis: takethesis.com/RICHROLL Momentous: LiveMomentous.com/richroll Salomon: https://www.salomon.com/richroll Peace + Plants, Rich

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0:00.0	The Rich Roll Podcast
0:11.5	Human beings are driven by stories, but what are stories?
0:19.8	Stories are metaphors for life.
0:23.4	Without story, life is unlivable.
0:28.6	While stories can be the ones we tell ourselves, about ourselves, they can be the ones we tell
0:34.1	our friends and parties, but ultimately stories are far more than just sheer entertainment.
0:41.6	Stories and storytelling are actually an integral part of who we are.
0:45.2	They are part and parcel of what it means to be human.
0:49.9	And as such, understanding story, deconstructing the art of storytelling and studying its
0:57.9	underpinning principles is an endeavor most worthy of our time and attention.
1:04.5	And there's no one better, literally nobody on the planet, no person, more expert, when
1:10.1	it comes to the subject of story than Robert McKee.
1:14.4	Stories are equipment for living.
1:17.0	To see the full spectrum of life beyond anything we could possibly live by the thousands.
1:25.2	Robert is a modern Aristotle of story and a master of the form who wrote the definitive
1:31.8	book on the subject called, of course, Story.
1:35.9	For those unfamiliar Robert is a full-bright scholar.
1:38.5	He is the author of five books on storytelling, including his latest action, but is best known
1:45.3	as the most sought after screenwriting teacher in the world.
1:49.5	The wonderful thing about story is it's a museum.
1:53.3	And you can go back to the greatest of writers.
1:56.5	It's all there waiting for you and every one of those great works is as valid today as
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