Making a Good Script Great
Title | Making a Good Script Great PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Seger |
Publisher | Samuel French , Incorporated |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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"Making a good script great is not just a matter of having a good idea. Nor is it a matter of just putting that good idea down on paper. In scriptwriting, it's not just the writing but also the rewriting that counts. [This book] focuses on the rewriting process and offers specific methods to help you craft tighter, stronger, and more workable scripts. While retaining all the valuable insights that have made the first edition one of the all-time most popular screenwriting books, this expanded, second edition adds new chapters that take you through the complete screenwriting process, from the first draft through the shooting draft. If you're writing your first script, this book will help develop your skills for telling a compelling and dramatic story. If you're a veteran screenwriter, this book will articulate the skills you know intuitively. And if you're currently stuck on a rewrite, this book will help you analyze and solve the problems and get your script back on track."--Back cover.
Making a Good Writer Great
Title | Making a Good Writer Great PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Seger |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 254 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9781879505490 |
Teaches writers how to be creative within the craft of screenwriting, and discusses theme development, sensation-thinking, dream images, character opposition, and personal vision.
Good Scripts, Bad Scripts
Title | Good Scripts, Bad Scripts PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Pope |
Publisher | Three Rivers Press (CA) |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Motion picture authorship |
ISBN | 9780609801192 |
A respected screenplay writer identifies the principles of great--and bad--screenplay writing through a dynamic, entertaining critique of some of Hollywood's greatest hits and most infamous disasters.
Writing a Great Movie
Title | Writing a Great Movie PDF eBook |
Author | Jeff Kitchen |
Publisher | Billboard Books |
Total Pages | 386 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780823069781 |
Let’s cut to the chase:Writing a Great Movieis a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter—(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2) Theme; (3) the 36 Dramatic Situations; (4) the Enneagram; (5) Research and Brainstorming; (6) the Central Proposition; and (7) Sequence, Proposition, and Plot—which break the writing process down into approachable steps and produce great results. Author Jeff Kitchen—a working screenwriter, renowned dramaturge, and teacher at the University of Southern California’s graduate film school—shares the insider secrets he has developed over years of writing and teaching.Writing a Great Movieis the complete guide to creating compelling screenplays that will sell. • State-of-the-art screenwriting theory and technique from a master • Author named one of today's top screenwriting teachers inCreative Screenwritingmagazine • Great for writers at every level, beginner to established
Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV
Title | Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV PDF eBook |
Author | Dona Cooper |
Publisher | MacMillan Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780671847838 |
Revised to cover the latest techniques for crafting first-rate screen plays for film and TV, this 2nd edition provides advice on innovative ideas for structuring the plot, developing characters and building momentum, professional guidance on marketing and a concise encyclopedia of screen-writing techniques.
Writing Movies
Title | Writing Movies PDF eBook |
Author | Gotham Writers Workshop |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 400 |
Release | 2008-12-19 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1596919833 |
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 book provides a comprehensive look at screenwriting, covering all the fundamentals (plot, character, scenes, dialogue, etc.) and such crucial-but seldom discussed-topics as description, voice, tone, and theme. These concepts are illustrated through analysis of five brilliant screenplays-Die Hard, Thelma & Louise, Tootsie, Sideways, and The Shawshank Redemption. Also included are writing assignments and step-by-step tasks that take writers from rough idea to polished screenplay. Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors, Writing Movies offers the same winning style and clarity of presentation that have made a success of Gotham's previous book Writing Fiction, which is now in its 7th printing. Named the "best class for screenwriters" in New York City by MovieMaker Magazine, Gotham Writers' Workshop is America's leading private creative writing school, offering classes in Manhattan and on the Web at www.WritingClasses.com. The school's interactive online classes, selected as "Best of the Web" by Forbes, have attracted thousands of aspiring writers from across the United States and more than sixty countries.
Creating Unforgettable Characters
Title | Creating Unforgettable Characters PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Seger |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | 300 |
Release | 1990-07-15 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1429942029 |
In this book, Linda Seger shows how to create strong, multidimensional characters in fiction, covering everything from research to character block. Interviews with today's top writers complete this essential volume.