The up-to-date, acclaimed guide to writing and selling screenplays to today's film and TV markets. This is the new screenwriter's bible.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
Great advice for a beginner:
Writing a screenplay can be a daunting endeavor - for anybody, and not just beginners, and M.H. offers a realistic, easy-to-follow approach that will help you save time and concentrate on the most important aspects of the screenwriting process. The book is well structured in that you can begin on page one and read through to the end, writing your script as you go along, or (as I do) you can jump around in the book and use it as a quick reference when you want some helpful advice on a specific point... more info
I am an indie moviemaker and this book changed my life.:
Hi all, I am a seven time award winning moviemaker with two features to my credit. Many moons ago, before I became a screenwriter, I read quite a number of books about breaking into the "biz." All of the information was vague, overwhelming, lacked focus and a straightforward strategy that I desperately needed. To make matter worse they even peppered their information with limiting beliefs about why you would never be able to break into writing for the big screen unless you lived in LA, etc. It was... more info
Still Unbeatable:
I'll go straight to the point: the part on character creation and development is worth all the books published about the subject in the last twenty years. The simple-straightforward-logical method displayed here is simply unbeatable. This is really an old book, but don't make the mistake to think of it as outdated. Sure, it's kind of weird read things as "recent films like Rambo" but all the eighties movies that he mentions and uses as practical examples are totally time tested. Also, I would pay... more info
I love this book:
I just finished taking a continuing education course on script writing at my local college and this book has been very helpful with supplimenting what I learned. It is packed with all kinds of info and is very easy to read. There are several good books out there and this is one of them.
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