Story Sense: A Screenwriter's Guide for Film and Television
This is the first true textbook for a course in screenwriting. Story Sense provides specific strategies for writing story, character, and script. A wealth of techniques are suggested so that screenwriters can select those that work best for them. The book has been conceived as a working manual for screenwriters and offers hands-on advice for solving the many problems that crop up as the work progresses. In addition, the book includes examples of script format, a glossary of film terms, the...
Search in google:
This is the first true textbook for a course in screenwriting. Story Sense provides specific strategies for writing story, character, and script. A wealth of techniques are suggested so that screenwriters can select those that work best for them. The book has been conceived as a working manual for screenwriters and offers hands-on advice for solving the many problems that crop up as the work progresses. In addition, the book includes examples of script format, a glossary of film terms, the Writer's Guild's compensation terms, and such insider examples as a sample studio script evaluation form, a sample script analysis, a sample studio reader's questionnaire, and a sample re-write.
Preface1Selecting an Idea for a Motion Picture Story32Building the Story Structure353Writing the Plot684Scene Structure and the Basic Dramatic Units1095Creating Emotionally Dimensional Characters1416Dialogue and Character1647Dramatization1898Writing for the Camera: Visual Storytelling2229Writing Stage Directions25410Script Format for Feature Films and Television27311Rewriting28812Career Counseling for New Screenwriters317App. A. Media That Illustrate Points Made in the Chapters341App. B. The Screenwriter's Reference Shelf345App. C. Cast List, Sequence Breakdown, and Shot Numbers of The Verdict347App. D. Professional Version of the "Marry Me - or Else" Scene359App. E. Rewrite of Immigrant Scene Exercise in Chapter 11361App. F. Writers Guild of America TV Market List366App. G. Script Evaluation Forms368App. H. Writers Guild of America Minimum Basic Agreement 1991-1995373App. I. Writer's Deal Memorandum375Glossary378Bibliography388Index393
