Action: The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page and Game

About Bassim El-WakilRobert McKee

ROBERT McKEE Fulbright scholar is the world's most sought-after author and lecturer known for his seminars and webinars that provide writers with crucial insight on the story universe. His writing seminars have earned him an international reputation. The cornerstones of his teaching are Story Dialogue Character and Storynomics. Translated into twenty-three languages these singular works have defined how we talk about the art of storytelling. Over the last thirty-five years he has mentored screenwriters novelists playwrights poets documentary makers producers and directors. The list of McKee alumni includes the winners of over sixty Academy Awards two hundred Emmy Awards and one hundred Writers Guild of America Awards as well as recipients of the Pulitzer Booker Olivier and other major prose and playwriting prizes; BASSIM EL-WAKIL has worked closely with Robert McKee for over a decade as an author and lecturer. Acknowledged as an expert on all forms of story structure and genre he has a personal love for Action Crime Fantasy and the long-form serials of television and comic books. His podcasts The Story Toolkit and The Writer's Jihad are available on all major podcast platforms.