Screenwriting category: 401 books
Trough of Hell
How to Wrap Up the Middle of Your Story with Maximum Impact
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
Conquer Act Two. Complete Your Story in Less Time--and with Less Frustration
If you’re like me, you know how your screenplay or novel* is going to start and end. Maybe not the exact image or line, but you’ve got a rough idea of what you’re going to write. So you begin writing your story...
How to Build a Great Screenplay
A Master Class in Storytelling for Film
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Acclaimed USC screenwriting teacher David Howard has guided hundreds of students to careers in writing for film and television. Drawing on decades of practical experience and savvy, How to Build a Great Screenplay deconstructs the craft of screenwriting and carefully reveals how to build a good story...
What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2008
Screenwriters have always been viewed as Hollywood’s stepchildren. Silent-film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett forbade his screenwriters from writing anything down, for fear they’d get inflated ideas about themselves as creative artists. The great midcentury director John Ford was known to answer...
by Austin Film Festival
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
“On Story is film school in a box, a lifetime’s worth of filmmaking knowledge squeezed into half-hour packages.”—Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles TimesAustin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization focused on the writer’s creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival...
The Smoking Gun
True Tales From Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
What do you know, really?
Sure. Having enough talent to act, direct, or write a screenplay is one set of skills. But navigating both the main streets and back alleys of Hollywood cannot be done with GPS. Ride shotgun with screenwriting and producing veteran Doug Richardson as he skillfully...
by Richard Finney
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2014
The authors of previous books on screenwriting had no real industry experience as working screenwriters on produced movies. Or their experience was so old, what they had to teach was not relevant for today’s movie industry.
“16 Secrets Revealed by Professional Screenwriters” is different.
The...
How To Write: A Screenplay
Revised and Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2007
There are hundreds of books on the market, all trying to teach you how to write a screenplay. Several of them are excellent and useful books. But never - until now - has there been a screenwriting manual written in the form of a screenplay.
Our hero, the aspiring screenwriter Danny, is hopelessly...
The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created...
by Austin Film Festival
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Austin Film Festival (AFF) is the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s creative contribution to film. Its annual Film Festival and Conference offers screenings, panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions that help new writers and filmmakers connect with mentors and gain advice...
by Wallace Wang
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
"How to Write a Great Script with Final Draft 9" is not a typical computer book tutorial. Flip open any computer book and you’ll typically see a thick tome crammed with information about every possible feature of a program in exhaustive detail. Such comprehensive detail makes most computer...
by Max Adams
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Are you looking for the secret decoder ring owned by all successful screenwriters? Or at least a map with a spot marked X? Sit down with Max Adams.
The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide delivers 65 chapters ranging from “Don’t Write Batman” to “What You Really Get Paid.” Other...
Writing Movies
The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2008
To break into the screenwriting game, you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great. Superlative. Stellar. In Writing Movies you'll find everything you need to know to reach this level. And, like the very best teachers, Writing Movies is always practical, accessible, and entertaining.
The...
Script Tease
Today's Hottest Screenwriters Bare All
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
The Newest Screenwriting Secrets
What do an erstwhile stripper, an ex–gambling addict, and a stoned Canadian teenager have in common? They wrote your favorite movies, and they're not who you'd expect.
Diablo Cody (Juno), Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), and Seth Rogan (Superbad) are...
by Wallace Wang
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
"How to Write a Great Script with Final Draft 9" is not a typical computer book tutorial. Flip open any computer book and you'll typically see a thick tome crammed with information about every possible feature of a program in exhaustive detail. Such comprehensive detail makes most computer books about...