Writing Movies The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays

Name: Writing Movies The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays
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ISBN: 9781596911451

ISBN-10: 159691145X

ISBN-13: 9781596911451

Edition: 2006

Authors: Gotham Writers Workshop, Gotham Writers' Workshop Staff, Bloomsbury Books Staff

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To break into the screenwriting game, you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great. Superlative. Stellar. Writing Movies provides everything you need to know to reach this level. In a single book. And, like the very best teachers, Writing Movies is always practical, accessible, and entertaining. Inside you’ll find: Explanations of the fundamental elements of screenwriting craft (plot, character, scenes, etc.); insight into such crucial (but seldom discussed) topics as description, voice, tone, and theme; analysis of five brilliant screenplays—Die Hard, Thelma & Louise, Tootsie, Sideways, and The Shawshank Redemption; strategies for breaking into the business; a guide to…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 9/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.69" wide x 8.30" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




Screenwriting: Inventing a




Plot: The Path of Action




Characters: The Lifeblood




The Page: Words That Move




Scenes: Exploring and Exploding Moments




Dialogue: Making More of Less




Subplots: A Side of Story




Plot II: Like a




Tone and Theme: The Overlay Underlay




Revision: From Rough to Ready




Slipping Past the Velvet Rope