Screenwriting category: 401 books
Now Write! Screenwriting
Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2011
An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, "Lost", "True Blood", "The Shield", and many other hit films and television shows.
Now Write!...
by John Jarrell
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Tough Love Screenwriting is NOT another dreaded "how to write" book.It's something much more valuable -- a brass-knuckles, boots on the ground guide to building a paid, professional screenwriting career, written by a veteran who's made a good living doing it for over two decades. These...
by Lee Matthias
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Using the principles of Lateral Thinking for story-telling, author and screenwriter, Lee A. Matthias shows writers how to generate and develop their best ideas for movies and novels.Screenwriters and storytellers have been looking for deeper insight to their craft for years. Nothing truly new...
The Science of Screenwriting
The Neuroscience Behind Storytelling Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
In a world awash in screenwriting books, The Science of Screenwriting provides an alternative approach that will help the aspiring screenwriter navigate this mass of often contradictory advice: exploring the science behind storytelling strategies. Paul Gulino, author of the best-selling Screenwriting:...
Advanced Screenwriting
Taking Your Writing to the Academy Award Level
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Advanced Screenwriting, written by one of today’s most active and respected screenwriting gurus, is a collection of meditations on fine-tuning the script. Among the many subjects it discusses: working with non-traditional forms • maintaining a consistent and ongoing storyline ...
by Alexis Krasilovsky
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling is the Second Place Winner in the 2019 International Writers Awards!
A vast majority of Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, television movies of the week, and mini-series are adaptations, watched by millions of people globally. Great...
Screenwriting is Storytelling
Creating an A-List Screenplay that Sells!
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
While most screenwriting books focus on format and structure, Kate Wright explains how to put story at the center of a screenplay. A compelling story, complete with intriguing characters and situations created with these screenwriting tricks of the trade can become a box office blockbuster film.
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The Foundations of Screenwriting
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Hollywood’s script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in “the ‘bible’ of screenwriting” (The New York Times)—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success!
Syd Field’s books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative...
by Laura Schellhardt
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Write a great script and get it into the hands of the Hollywood players!
So you want to be a screenwriter? Whether you want to write a feature film or a TV script or adapt your favorite book, this friendly guide gives you expert advice in everything from creating your story and developing memorable...
Essentials of Screenwriting
The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Hollywood's premier teacher of screenwriting shares the secrets of writing and selling successful screenplays in this perfect gift for aspiring screenwriters.
Anyone fortunate enough to win a seat in Professor Richard Walter's legendary class at UCLA film school can be confident their career...
Break into Screenwriting
Your complete guide to writing for stage, screen or radio
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
This is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide for all budding screenwriters. Its aim is not just to guide you through the techniques and skills you need to write for the screen (film and television), but also to give you guidance on how to approach the industry as a whole. Focusing on every aspect of...
by Millard Kaufman
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
A working writer from the old studio system to the here and now, twice Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Millard Kaufman effortlessly brings the reader from Hollywood Day One to Hollywood today, infusing stories about films from the silent era to the Golden Era to the present with an equally timeless...
Breakfast with Sharks
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the De al, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making...
by Lance Lee
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Writing successful screenplays that capture the public imagination and richly reward the screenwriter requires more than simply following the formulas prescribed by the dozens of screenwriting manuals currently in print. Learning the "how-tos" is important, but understanding the dramatic...