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I started reading Story by Robert McKee yesterday. Not to be hyperbolic out of the gate, but Story is coming off to me like a sacred Jedi text. I am asking myself "how have I even dared to think about storytelling critically without fully understanding how stories are or should be made?" 😅 I think I'll be extending my library's copy and read the whole thing.

Joking aside, McKee put things I know in my gut into words on a page and that is powerful. I can see how this would help me dissect and analyze works, while also improving my own writing. I'm gonna just go out on a limb and echo the recommendations I have flagged over the years—read Story if you are interested in the craft.

Now, I went in to read Chapter 5 "Structure and Character" for my essay on God of War: Ragnarök, but I find myself digging up nuggets for that essay and my Memento/The Last of Us Part II project.

"Structure and character are interlocked...If you change one, you change the other. If you change the event design, you have also changed character..."

I mean, come on, if that isn't perfect for my Memento/The Last of Us Part II idea and recutting a story into chronological order, I don't know what quote will be.

Until next time...