Screenwriting category: 401 books
by William Goldman
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Now available as an ebook for the first time!
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's...
The Hollywood Standard
The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
The Hollywood Standard describes in clear, vivid prose and hundreds of examples how to format every element of a screenplay or television script. A reference for everyone who writes for the screen, from the novice to the veteran, this is the dictionary of script format, with instructions for formatting...
How to Write Dazzling Dialogue
The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...
You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.
On the other hand, if your dialogue is...
Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds
The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
From the author of "Screenplays That Sell" comes his newest book that reveals a one-minute technique for getting one's screenplay or novel read by the major powers of Hollywood.
Screen Plays
How 25 Screenplays Made It to a Theater Near You--for Better or Worse
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In this fascinating survey of contemporary screen craft, David Cohen of Script and Variety magazines leads readers down the long and harrowing road every screenplay takes from idea to script to screen. In interviews with Hollywood screenwriters from across the board—Oscar winners and novices alike—Cohen...
Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2010
This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays.
Dialogue
The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
The long-awaited follow-up to the perennially bestselling writers' guide Story, from the most sought-after expert in the art of storytelling.
Robert McKee's popular writing workshops have earned him an international reputation. The list of alumni with Oscars runs off the page. The cornerstone...
The TV Writer's Workbook
A Creative Approach To Television Scripts
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2008
Why is TV writing different from any other kind of writing? How will writing a spec script open doors? What do I have to do to get a job writing for TV? Writing for television is a business. And, like any business, there are proven strategies for success. In this unique hands-on guide, television...
by Josef Steiff
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2005
Designed for people who want to tell a story their way, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Indpendent Filmmaking explains everything a budding auteur needs to know, from literary development and financial and organizational pre-production to principal photography production, post-production assembly,...
The Film Novelist
Writing a Screenplay and Short Novel in 15 Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
The Film Novelist is the first primer on writing film novels- whether you are a beginning novelist, a seasoned writer wanting to cross over into script/novel writing, or a creative writing teacher looking for proven ways to launch new writers.
So, what is the difference between a screenplay...
Bambi vs. Godzilla
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2008
From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright: an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from a filmmaker who’s always played by his own rules.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Why are there so many producers...
Dalton Trumbo
Blacklisted Hollywood Radical
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
James Dalton Trumbo (1905--1976) is widely recognized for his work as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, but he is also remembered as one of the Hollywood Ten who opposed the House Un-American Activities Committee. Refusing to answer questions about his prior involvement with the Communist Party,...
by David Quantick
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
How To Write Everything is the ultimate writer’s handbook. It tells you about every aspect of writing, from having an idea to getting the idea out into the world (and getting paid for it too). It covers everything from journalism to screen-writing, from speeches to sketches, from sitcoms to novels....
by Riccardo Maffioli
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 18, 2016
" Io vi creo, io vi distruggo "
E' un monologo in atto unico in versione teatrale. Mi è stato molto difficile scriverlo in quanto non ho dovuto inventare nulla o andare a documentarmi da altre persone. E' il discorso di un disonesto dirigente d'azienda che vuole spiegare con orgoglio il suo successo fatto di furberie.
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