Writing Movies: The Practical Guide to Creating Stellar Screenplays
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,...
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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 screenwriting format; assignments that strengthen your command of screenwriting craft; step-by-step tasks that take you from rough idea to polished script; and tie-ins to supplementary material at the book's website. Written by Gotham Writers' Workshop expert instructors and edited by Dean of Faculty Alexander Steele, Writing Movies offers the same methods and exercises that have earned the school international acclaim.
1. Screenwriting: Inventing a Myth by Alexander Steele2. Plot: The Path of Action by Daniel Noah3. Characters: The Lifeblood by Paul Zimmerman4. The Page: Words That Move by John Glenn5. Scenes: Exploring and Exploding Moments by Tal MacThenia6. Dialogue: Making More of Less by Michael Eldridge7. Subplots: A Side of Story by Helen Kaplan8. Plot II: Like a Roller Coaster by Tommy Jenkins9. Tone and Theme: The Overlay and Underlay by Jason Greiff10: Revision: From Rough to Ready by Amy Fox11. The Business: Slipping Past the Velvet Rope by Christopher Momenee
