Screenwriting category: 401 books
My Movie Business
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 1999
John Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick C. Irving, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist, and includes Mr. Irving's incisive history of abortion politics in the United States. But My Movie Business...
How to Write a Damn Good Thriller
A Step-by-Step Guide for Novelists and Screenwriters
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
A quick look at any fiction bestseller list reveals that thrillers make up most of the titles at the top. HOW TO WRITE A DAMN GOOD THRILLER will help the aspiring novelist or screenwriter to design, draft, write, and polish a thriller that is sure to grab readers. Frey uses examples from both books...
Pitching Hollywood
How to Sell Your TV Show and Movie Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Two successful movie and TV producers provide the reader with the tools needed to create, develop, and sell ideas to Hollywood. Producers Jonathan Koch (""Beyond the Glory"") and Robert Kosberg (Deep Blue Sea) are known as the ""Kings of Pitch."" They currently have more than a dozen projects in development at major studios, including projects with Josh Lucas, Tobey Maguire, and Katherine Heigl.
by Melissa Samaroo
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
The Complete Guide to Writing A Successful Screenplay outlines timesaving tools to hone your writing, so you can at¬tract Hollywood agents and producers. You will discover how to create a timeline and deadline, whether writing your screenplay is a full- or part-time job. Writing and pitching a screenplay...
Reading Screenplays
How to Analyse and Evaluate Film Scripts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Essential for script readers, development executives, and producers, this is also an incisive and effective how-to book for screenwriters, clearly illuminating the script assessment process for both story and craft Script readers are often responsible for determining whether a script is even looked...
Talk the Talk
A Dialogue Workshop for Scriptwriters
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Great dialogue attracts great actors. This books gives screenwriters and playwrights an easy to use training manual for improving dialogue writing skills
Creative Writing Career 2
Creative Mentor, #2
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2016
**Make your writing more than a hobby. Make it your career. **
In this sequel to Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books, Stephan and Justin continue to bring you industry advice as well as interviews with screenwriters, video game writers, and authors...
Writing the TV Drama Series2nd edition: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Some of todays top television writers and producers share their insight and explain the unique craft of writing a drama series for television and how the industry really works.
by Asher Garfinkel
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Sometimes it seems like everybody’s writing a screenplay. But who reads those screenplays? Professional story analysts, that’s who. Screenplay Story Analysis explains exactly how to become a professional story analyst. Along with a basic how-to on writing a story analysis-or "coverage"-this book...
Story Stakes
Your #1 Writing Skills Strategy to Produce a Page-Turner that Transforms Readers into Raving Fans of Your Screenplay or Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2015
Make your story a page-turner; make a living as a writer.
Wouldn’t it be great if readers stayed up all night to finish your screenplay or novel?
After such an intense emotional experience, when they’re done with your story, these readers won’t quickly forget about it and reach...
Inside the Room
Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
What does it take to go from being a fan to professional television writer? For the first time outside of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme classrooms, TV writers whose many produced credits include The Simpsons, House M.D., and Pretty Little Liars take aspiring writers through the process of...
Inciting Incident
How to Begin Your Screenplay or Novel and Captivate Audiences Right Away (While Accomplishing Your Long-Term Plotting Goals)
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
*** REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION
Does Your Story Beginning Set You Up For Success…or Failure?
Beginnings are agonizing to write.
So much is at stake.
If you start your story in the wrong place, if it’s boring or bogged down by exposition, audiences will abandon...
The Art of Adaptation
Turning Fact And Fiction Into Film
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Adaptations have long been a mainstay of Hollywood and the television networks. Indeed, most Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning films have been adaptations of novels, plays, or true-life stories. Linda Seger, author of two acclaimed books on scriptwriting, now offers a comprehensive handbook for...
Story Climax
How to Avoid Disappointed Audiences and Craft a Screenplay or Novel Climax That Thrills & Delights
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2014
Would you like to leap to the top of a reader’s “auto-buy” list? Or be added to Hollywood’s speed dial?
These dreams don’t have to remain idle fantasies.
They can become reality.
You can be an auto-buy for thousands of readers.
You can be on Hollywood’s speed...