Screenwriting category: 401 books
The Long Embrace
Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Raymond Chandler was among the most original and enduring crime novelists of the twentieth century. Yet much of his pre-writing life, including his unconventional marriage, has remained shrouded in mystery. In this compelling, wholly original book, Judith Freeman sets out to solve the puzzle of who...
Writing for Television
Series, Serials and Soaps
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
An award-winning television drama producer with 20 years experience in script editing and development offers a practical guide for anyone interested in the television industry
Written in an engaging, anecdotal tone, this is a no-nonsense, direct down-the-lens look at the television industry...
Writing for TV and Radio
A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This essential companion offers invaluable insights and solid, practical guidance to those keen to write for TV and radio.
PART 1 explores the nature of the media. It looks at the history of writing drama and comedy for radio and TV through a consideration of its key elements and some of the...
Into the Woods
A Five-Act Journey Into Story
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2014
The idea of Into the Woods is not to supplant works by Aristotle, Lajos Egri, Robert McKee, David Mamet, or any other writers of guides for screenwriters and playwrights, but to pick up on their cues and take the reader on a historical, philosophical, scientific, and psychological journey to the heart...
Analyzing Literature-to-Film Adaptations
A Novelist's Exploration and Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
The majority of scholarly treatments for film adaptation are put forth by experts on film and film analysis, thus with the focus being on film. Analyzing Literature-to-Film Adaptations looks at film adaptation from a fresh perspective, that of writer or creator of literary fiction. In her book, Snyder...
If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels
William Peter Blatty’s Own Story of the Exorcist
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
An authorized account of how William Peter Blatty came to write both the novel and the screenplay of "The Exorcist".
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
by Steven Frye, Linda Wagner-Martin
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Best known for his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel Lonesome Dove and his Academy Award–winning screenplay for Brokeback Mountain, Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, three memoirs, two collections of essays, and more than thirty screenplays. In Understanding Larry McMurtry, Steven...
by alex trostanetskiy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2013
Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Best Tv shows Ever Made: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating Best Tv shows...
by Eric Jeitner
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
A short manifesto that proposes a new approach to the screenplay format.
The Perfect Screenplay
Writing It and Selling It
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
They say in L.A. everybody is writing a screenplay. With The Perfect Screenplay, everybody everywhere will be writing well-presented, saleable screenplays. Packed with tips from an insider on how Hollywood operates, testing script ideas, building structure, and marketing the final screenplay, this...
The TV Showrunner's Roadmap
21 Navigational Tips for Screenwriters to Create and Sustain a Hit TV Series
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2013
If you’ve ever dreamed of being in charge of your own network, cable, or web series, then this is the book for you. The TV Showrunner’s Roadmap provides you with the tools for creating, writing, and managing your own hit show. Combining his 20+ years as a working screenwriter and UCLA professor,...
Teen 2.0
Saving Our Children and Families from the Torment of Adolescence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2010
National Indie Excellence Awards, first prize in the Parenting and Family category Arguing that adolescence is an unnecessary period of life that people are better off without, this groundbreaking study shows that teen confusion and hardships are caused by outmoded systems that were designed to destroy...
Save the cat!
Manuale di sceneggiatura
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Save the cat! è il manuale di scrittura per il cinema che a Hollywood tutti hanno letto. Ti spiega come trasformare la tua storia in una sceneggiatura a prova di bomba. Ci trovi: – i quattro elementi per scrivere una logline perfetta – le sette leggi fisiche della sceneggiatura...
Story
Contenuti, struttura, stile, principi per la sceneggiatura e per l'arte di scrivere storie
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Story è prima di tutto un libro su come si narrano le storie e non si limita a essere valido per quelle ideate per il cinema. Leggendo Story si acquisiscono quella consapevolezza e quelle nozioni necessarie per scrivere un racconto o un romanzo. McKee in questo libro va al di là...