Screenwriting category: 401 books
by Evan S. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
This new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured...
What Are You Laughing At?
How to Write Humor for Screenplays, Stories, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
“People have forgotten how to be funny,” says Chris Vogler in his foreword to What Are You Laughing at? Luckily, experienced and award-winning humor writer Brad Schreiber is here to remind us all how it’s done. If laughter is the best medicine, be prepared to feel fit as a fiddle after perusing...
Selling a Screenplay
The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting
- Explains What the Buyer Looks For
- Shows You What to Do to Get in the Door
- Tackles the Pitching Process
- Provides Personal Insights from Famous Screenwriters
Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody wants to write the great American screenplay....
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In the long-awaited sequel to his surprise bestseller, "Save the Cat!," author and screenwriter Snyder returns to form in a fast-paced follow-up that proves why his is the most talked-about approach to screenwriting in years.
The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 10th Anniversary Edition
Insider Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
You can struggle for years to get a foot in the door with Hollywood producers--or you can take a page from the book that offers proven advice from twenty-one of the industry's best and brightest!
In this tenth anniversary edition, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 2nd Edition...
Save the Cat!
The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2005
This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat!
The Screenwriter's Path
From Idea to Script to Sale
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
The Screenwriter’s Path takes a comprehensive approach to learning how to write a screenplay—allowing the writer to use it as both a reference and a guide in constructing a script. A tenured professor of screenwriting at Emerson College in Boston, author Diane Lake has 20 years' experience writing...
Cut to the Chase
Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don't know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut To The Chase, written by...
Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time
Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
A leading Hollywood screenwriting instructor shows anyone who's ever wanted to write a screenplay how to do it 10 minutes at a time.
Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2012
Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay - the "23 Steps All Great Heroes Must Take." It's an easy to understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need. With true insight, a master teacher...
Memo from the Story Department: Secrets of Structure and Character
Secrets of Structure and Character
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Memo From the Story Department offers a battery of storygenerating engines and storyimproving tools, and reliable methods tested on hundreds of Hollywood productions. It goes far beyond the standard advice given in most screenwriting manuals. Drawn from sources as varied as vaudeville, classical Greek...
The 15-Minute Movie Method
(Screenwriting Made Easy)
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
If you’ve always wanted to write a screenplay or a novel, you may be wondering, “What makes a great story?” It’s not just interesting characters, memorable dialogue, or explosive action scenes. What makes a great screenplay (or novel) is a great story.
Every great story, from classic...
The Woman in the Story
Writing Memorable Female Characters
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Inspired by female psychology and gender issues, this howto book casts a refreshingly honest and empowering womencentric light on every stage of the screenwriting process.
Scripting the Environment
Oil, Democracy and the Sands of Time and Space
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
This volume explores how to engage audiences both beyond and within the academy more deeply in environmental research through arts-based forms. It builds on a multi-pronged case study of scripts for documentary film, audio-visual and stage formats, focusing on how the identity of a place is constructed...