Story, by Robert McKee

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Our YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QXNiZn4c0btMe0K0piUeQ Here is a book about how to be a better writer. First off, focus on brevity. * To buy the book, Story, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/47geMJH * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan, Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC's America's Got Talent, and the Amazon Original Series Inside Jokes. He has garnered over 100 million vi...

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what makes a story compelling?
0:06.2	What makes characters flat or complex?
0:08.6	What makes a scene hit the gas or the brakes?
0:11.4	No?
0:12.1	Well, we'll make this episode fun for you anyway.
0:15.2	Today's book is Story by Sir Robert McKee.
0:19.8	He's not actually a knight, but it just feels like everyone named Robert should be.
0:24.7	And this is the book pile.
0:27.4	What names don't sound better when you add Sir or Dame to them?
0:30.9	I think Susan.
0:34.4	Dame Susan McGee.
0:36.8	Just sounds like you're mad at her.
0:39.5	Sir, Dame Lillard.
0:43.6	Speaking of which, I'm Kellynne her skin.
0:46.3	I'm a comic, a father, and I wish I could say I'm a storyteller as well, but Dave Grohl came in and copyrighted that.
0:56.3	He just planted his flag in it with the capital S.
0:59.5	So I guess, as Alan Dean Foster would say, I'm an adventure elocutionist.
1:08.8	And I'm David Vance.
1:10.8	Storytelling is one of the most pure and impactful human creations is what actors tell
1:15.5	themselves while pretending to be a man who is like an aunt.
1:21.8	Also, a quick heads up.
1:23.2	My sound quality may shift throughout the episode.
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