# Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/story-substance-structure-style-principles-screenwriting/
- Published: 2018-03-03T17:34:24+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Story is about form, not formula, says award-winning Hollywood scriptwriter Robert
McKee.**

Storytelling is a key skill for fundraisers, so this guide for screenwriters, filmmakers
and novelists has much of relevance to fundraisers.

McKee runs popular courses to share his insight and experience on writing original
and memorable stories. His alumni include Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem,
Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie.
Oscar-winning producer Ed Saxon says:“
Robert McKee is The Godfather of story and an essential thought leader.”Actor and
writer John Cleese says of Robert McKee’s course: “It’s an amazingly important course
that I’ve gone back to do three times.”