- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd; 3Rev Ed edition (26 Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852868821
- ISBN-13: 978-1852868826
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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- #6 in Books > Reference > Writing > Play & Scriptwriting
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The creator of the television science-fiction series "Babylon 5" presents a guide to writing and selling screenplays, television plays, theatrical plays, radio scripts and animation scripts. He explains how to structure and lay out the scripts, provides a guide to terminology used by the industry, and offers advice on getting work seen by the right people. The book also includes the complete script of a "Babylon 5" episode, "The Coming of Shadows", for which Straczynski won the Hugo Award.
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In 1981, I wrote and published, via WD Books, the kind of book that I wished someone had written when I was trying to break into writing for the media (television, film, radio and other venues). My hope was that the book would give others that leg-up in a terribly difficult field. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
In 1981, I wrote and published, via WD Books, the kind of book that I wished someone had written when I was trying to break into writing for the media (television, film, radio and other venues). My hope was that the book would give others that leg-up in a terribly difficult field. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A comprehensive Scriptwriting book,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Scriptwriting (Paperback)
As well as creating the multi-award winning Babylon 5 Television series, J. Michael Straczynski has given seminars and advice on screenwriting for some years.As writer, scripr editor and producer his experience spans a variety of programme styles including cartoon animation, straight drama and science fiction. This comes through loud and clear in this volume, the second edition of 'The Complete Guide to Scriptwriting. Straczynski teaches by example, dealing with technique for all types of script. Chapter by chapter he deals with a different topic, telling you how to write for each type, how to sell - even how to draw up your own contracts. The information he gives on structure and layout is invaluable - script readers are pedantic beyond belief. Straczynski comes across as honest, open and plain speaking. He tells you what will work and what will not - and teaches you to review your own work objectively. Obviously there is an American bias to all the information, but this will be a valuable reference tome for all budding writers. Accept no substitutes - learn from the master!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect... ish,
This review is from: The Complete Book of Scriptwriting (Paperback)
This is perfect for writers at all levels. Providing a good history to the subject and telling you all you need to know in the fields of Animation, Comics and Screenwriting. Not all of this may be applicable to you (it wasn't to me), but Straczynski has had success in all those fields from He-Man to Murder She Wrote to Babylon 5 to The Amazing Spiderman. One of the few screenwriting book actually written by someone who is doing well. So many are written by people who present a lot of seminars but haven't sold anything. LISTEN TO THIS MAN - success and quality are a rare commodity!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Essentially a Babylon 3!,
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This review is from: The Complete Book of Scriptwriting (Paperback)
A weighty tome, laced with a good use of metaphor and language. It givesreasonable guidance on the importance of format, though American readerswill find it more useful than Europeans in this respect. It's cautionarytone helps keep the budding writer on his/her toes, always avoiding thestarry-eyed bull and bluster that is often typical of this type of book. Significant chunks of this book however, bear little relevance to theneeds of non-Americans, and that is where it falls short slightly. Alliedto that, his chroncling of TV history is outrageously US-centric. Baird,the Beeb and Alexandra Palace don't even merit a mention. If I wereAmerican, I'd probably give it a 5-star rating. As a Brit, it'shistorical bias and lack of a global perspective prompts me to give it a3.
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