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CHRISTOPHER VOGLER
&
DAVID McKENNA
Table of Contents
t
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction (Vogler) xi
My Time in the Story Department iv
(McKenna)
Who Are Those Guys? xvii
(Vogler)
Chapter 1. Y ou Gotta Have a Theme 1
(Vogler)
Chapter 2. T
he “Want” List 7
(McKenna)
Chapter 3. W
hat’s the Big Deal? 13
(Vogler)
Chapter 4. T
he Contract with the Audience 17
(Vogler)
Chapter 5. P
olar Opposites 23
(McKenna)
Chapter 6. T
he Memo That Started It All: A Practical 29
Guide to The Hero with a Thousand Faces
(Vogler)
Chapter 7. T
he Hero’s Inner Journey 57
(Vogler)
Chapter 8. R
eciprocal Action 65
(McKenna)
Chapter 9. O
ut of Character: The Archetypes and 71
Other Ways to Look at Character (Vogler)
Chapter 10. C haracter: The Algebraic Equation 87
(and Other Unnatural Acts)
(McKenna)
Chapter 11. T heophrastus, What a Character! 93
(Vogler)
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Chapter 12. T
he Tools: Synopsis and Logline 113
(McKenna)
Chapter 13. Propping
It Up: Vladimir Propp’s 121
Fairy Tale Approach
(Vogler)
Chapter 14. P ropp on Character 149
(Vogler)
Chapter 15. E nvironmental Facts: Overview 153
(McKenna)
Chapter 16. E nvironmental Facts 1: Date 159
(McKenna)
Chapter 17. Environmental
Facts 2: Location 165
(McKenna)
Chapter 18. E nvironmental Facts 3: 173
Social Environment (McKenna)
Chapter 19. E nvironmental Facts 4: 181
Religious Environment (McKenna)
Chapter 20. E nvironmental Facts 5: 189
Political Environment (McKenna)
Chapter 21. E nvironmental Facts 6: 197
Economic Environment (McKenna)
Chapter 22. E nvironmental Facts: 205
Conclusion (McKenna)
Chapter 23. W
hat I Learned from Vaudeville 213
(Vogler)
Chapter 24. S howmanship 229
(Vogler)
Chapter 25. F ive-Year Plan for Aspiring 233
Professional Screenwriters (McKenna)
Chapter 26. W
hat Studios Are Looking For 243
in a Script (Vogler)
Chapter 27. F
are Thee Well: My Parting Shot 251
(Vogler)
About the Authors 255
viii
Introduction
Cassidy: T
Butch hey’re beginning to get on my nerves. Who are those guys?
– f rom the screenplay Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
by William Goldman
Early versions of Vogler (left) and McKenna trying to figure it all out at the La Purisima
Mission in Lompoc, California (photo by Joyce Garrison)
xvii
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
xviii
chapter one
1
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
2
You Gotta Have A Theme
3
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
What can we say is the theme of The Wrestler, with its lonely anti-hero who tries
to make a go of a normal life but decides it’s his true nature to go out in a heroic
blaze of glory? Some have said Redemption; maybe it’s Integrity: To thine own self be
true. What do you think?
4
You Gotta Have A Theme
5
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
6
chapter two
“There are three rules to writing, and nobody knows what they are.”
— W. Somerset Maugham
7
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
8
The “Want” List
9
Memo from the Story Department ~ Vogler & McKenna
Love Knowledge
Money Wisdom
Pleasure Drugs
Validation (Approval) Escape
Security Good Story
Revenge Talent
Stability Stability
Power Certainty
Victory Home
Freedom Normalcy
Acceptance Excitement
Fame Inspiration
Redemption Fun
Respect Independence
Adventure To Forget
God To Remember
Truth Legacy
Justice Progress
American Way Forgiveness
Change Friendship
Attention Death
Peace Fashion/Beauty
Sex Control
Happiness Identity
Family Company/Companionship
Immortality Solitude
Communication Adrenaline/Rush
Survival Rock ’n’ Roll (see Drugs, Sex)
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The “Want” List
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