Screenwriting category: 401 books
Organic Screenwriting
Writing for Film, Naturally
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
**Finally! A Book for Screenwriters that Focuses on Creativity, not Rules! **
**"**Organic Screenwriting gives us permission to do what we set out to do in the first place: Tell stories from our hearts."
– Luke Yankee, writer/producer of TV’s Conversations on Craft
Writing...
Constructing Dialogue
Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Unlike most screenwriting guides that generally analyze several aspects of screenwriting, Constructing Dialogue is devoted to a more analytical treatment of certain individual scenes and how those scenes were constructed to be the most highly dramatic vis á vis their dialogue. In the art of screenwriting,...
by Al Bloom
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Want To Know What’s Really Going On Under Three Act Screenplay Structure?
This screenwriting book moves past generic screenplay analysis of structure, i.e. three big, boring acts, to discover the seven sequences underpinning them.
“Master Screenplay Sequences” will revolutionize...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Writing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of screenwriting. This highly accessible guide to working in film and television includes perspectives from industry insiders on topics such as breaking in; pitching; developing and nurturing business relationships;...
by Ben Brady, Lance Lee
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
This unique, comprehensive introduction to screenwriting offers practical advice for the beginning writer, whether college student or freelancer. Based on their experience as professional writers and as teachers in a large, successful screenwriting program at California State University, Northridge,...
Story
Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. Quincy Jones, Diane Keaton, Gloria Steinem, Julia Roberts, John Cleese and David Bowie are just a few of his celebrity...
by Skip Press
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
This guide is for anyone who has ever thought of screenwriting. Written by someone who has "been there, done that," and lived to tell the tale, it reveals the most popular genres, explains how stories need to be structured for feature films and TV movies, offers the freshest look at workshops and online classes, and disusses how to set up a step-by-step path to success.
FilmCraft: Screenwriting
The inside track from the biggest names in the profession
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Screenwriting looks at the foundation on which every great film is built - the script. Whether an original concept or an adaptation, the screenplay is the key to the success of a movie - good dialogue, story pacing and character development are the framework everything else hangs on. Featuring in-depth...
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters
Storytelling Secrets from the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
An insightful how-to guide for writing screenplays that uses Aristotle's great work as a guide.
Long considered the bible for storytellers, Aristotle's Poetics is a fixture of college courses on everything from fiction writing to dramatic theory. Now Michael Tierno shows how this great work...
Screenwriting is Rewriting
The Art and Craft of Professional Revision
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
If there is one skill that separates the professional screenwriter from the amateur, it is the ability to rewrite successfully. From Jack Epps, Jr., the screenwriter of Top Gun, Dick Tracy, and The Secret of My Success, comes a comprehensive guide that explores the many layers of rewriting.
In...
Genre Screenwriting
How to Write Popular Screenplays That Sell
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
It's simple: films need to have commercial value for the studios to produce them, distributors to sell them, and theater chains to screen them. While talent definitely plays a part in the writing process, it can be the well-executed formulaic approaches to the popular genres that will first get you...
by Michael Welles Schock
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Understanding screencraft just got even easier. This simplified 4-chapter edition of "Screenwriting Down to the Atoms" (full 14-chapter edition also available) hand-picks the most essential sections of Michael Welles Schock's innovative new approach to screencraft - and offers them to screenwriters...
The Nutshell Technique
Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don't know how to tell a story. These writers may know how to format a script, write snappy dialogue, and set a scene. They may have interesting characters and perhaps some clever...
Screen Adaptation: Beyond the Basics
Techniques for Adapting Books, Comics and Real-Life Stories into Screenplays
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Once you understand the basics of screenwriting, ideas for your next screenplay are everywhere. Whether it comes from a favorite children’s book, a summer novel you discover accidentally, a news story that catches your imagination, or a chapter from your own life — advanced screenwriting strategies...