Finish The Script!
A College Screenwriting Course in Book Form
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Performing Arts, Television, Screenwriting, Film
| Author: | Scott King | ISBN: | 1230000398732 |
| Publisher: | Majestic Arts | Publication: | April 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Scott King |
| ISBN: | 1230000398732 |
| Publisher: | Majestic Arts |
| Publication: | April 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
An intimate peek into the process of writing a screenplay, from A to Z, with nothing held back.
Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script! offers an inside look into the screenwriting process as it's author writes a screenplay from scratch along with the reader.
By taking a step-by-step approach to writing, Finish the Script!, ditches theory and focuses on the actual process. It’s a full college course squeezed into a book, complete with classroom tested workbook like exercises. It shows how messy first drafts can be and how to fix problems with dialog, characters, structure and all the other kinds of complications that crop up when doing a rewrite.
Stop fretting about getting the perfect treatment, exact outlines, format or fitting your story into a generic mold. Finish the Script!, will take you through all the major steps from pitching the original premise to all the way through multiple drafts, but most importantly you have to start writing and keep writing because it's the only way you'll finish your script.
***** PRAISE FOR FINISH THE SCRIPT! *****
- "Full of inspiration"
- "A Writer's Must-Have Tool"
- "Solid Writing Advise for the Price of a Coffee"
*****
Whether you're an aspiring screenwriter, a college student, someone wondering how to write a screenplay, or simply looking for something to spark your creativity, this book is for you!
An intimate peek into the process of writing a screenplay, from A to Z, with nothing held back.
Based on actual class lectures and assignments, Finish the Script! offers an inside look into the screenwriting process as it's author writes a screenplay from scratch along with the reader.
By taking a step-by-step approach to writing, Finish the Script!, ditches theory and focuses on the actual process. It’s a full college course squeezed into a book, complete with classroom tested workbook like exercises. It shows how messy first drafts can be and how to fix problems with dialog, characters, structure and all the other kinds of complications that crop up when doing a rewrite.
Stop fretting about getting the perfect treatment, exact outlines, format or fitting your story into a generic mold. Finish the Script!, will take you through all the major steps from pitching the original premise to all the way through multiple drafts, but most importantly you have to start writing and keep writing because it's the only way you'll finish your script.
***** PRAISE FOR FINISH THE SCRIPT! *****
- "Full of inspiration"
- "A Writer's Must-Have Tool"
- "Solid Writing Advise for the Price of a Coffee"
*****
Whether you're an aspiring screenwriter, a college student, someone wondering how to write a screenplay, or simply looking for something to spark your creativity, this book is for you!
