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  by Barry Walsh 1 year ago

  My novel went from present to past to present again. It sure ain't just about tense changes is it — more like complete rewrites.
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  by BlueDiamondMist 1 year ago

  I'm fine thanks. Just polishing my first few chapters off. I can nearly see my face in them!
  
  Keep in touch xx
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  by BlueDiamondMist 1 year ago

  Hi! Hope you're well and the writing is still going strong.
  
  It was great to here your story at the Festival. Let me know how you get on when you send your chapters off.
  
  Steph xx
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  by Mcallan 1 year ago

  Hi Anthony...was good to meet you..I didn't realise until later that we had lunch together on Saturday!
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  by BlueDiamondMist 1 year ago

  Hi there, I didn't think you were going to the Festival this year. It will be great to catch up again. See you there x
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  by BlueDiamondMist 1 year ago

  Hi ANthony, you coming to the Getting Published event in October? x
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  by ColinTW 2 years ago

  Hi Stephy / Rugby - I went on the McKee story seminar back in the late 90's and agree, he's bloody strict and with us he was rather rude as well. Back then he was getting the audience involved and when a couple of people said things he didn't like he publicly humiliated them for being stupid. A far cry from the supportive atmos at York. I was disappointed because he seemed to be following the text of his book fairly closely and I decided I could have got as much from reading the book.
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  by Stephy 2 years ago

  Hey Rugby. Reporting back from the McKee Story Seminar - wow!
  
  Four days of non-stop lecture/discussion about story in great detail. I have to say i think i've learnt more in four days than i have in a year! He's a highly charismatic presenter - does the whole four days with no powerpoint, just an OHP which he draws diagrams to illustrate story design on from time to time. The first three days are lecture, the last day is a scene by scene analysis of the film Casabalanca using the film projected onto a massive screen and the screenplay in front of you - and boy does he get you to work hard and really think.
  
  He's really strict - no questions allowed during the lectures - but happy to answer questions 1-2-1 in breaks and at lunch. He's totally passionate about the 'truth' of story and really encourages and motivates you to write your best.
  
  It's a knackering four days but i would say well worth the money and time.
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  by Stephy 2 years ago

  I got the book a couple of months ago and found it amazing, so i checked out the McKee Story website and saw he was doing the seminar here - had to dig deep as it's another four hundred and something quid, and straight after the Festival, but i reckoned it'd be best to go for it. I'll let you know how it goes - i think he does a seminar each year in the UK and its four full days (8am - 7pm) so you get your moneys worth.
  
  I just hope that he doesn't do to me what his character does to Nicholas Cage in the film Adaptation - i'm not sure i could take that many 'f' words in a row directed at me!
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  by MarkR 2 years ago

  Anthony,
  Yorkish uncertainty - tick.
  Hornby - tick, tick.
  Your story - tick, tick, tick.
  Rugby...? I might get it better if Harry did a workshop on it next year.