A review by nickdouglas
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

4.0

Screenwriters, I'm told, are expected to have read this before going into a pitch meeting. Ten printings in, this book is still in its first edition, so all film examples are from 1997 or before. (This can annoy a very young writer when McKee uses examples outside of the classics.)

Don't get scared by the overwrought language of the first few chapters; the nitty-gritty lies in the second half.