Product Description
Screenwriting: Step by Step is user-friendly basic introduction to successful screenwriting for the student and novice screenwriter. The text covers twelve steps to good screenwriting. It teaches students how to choose a theme, establish a central conflict and write a story that works as drama. The book is divided into two sections: “First Steps” which teaches students the essentials of writing drama; and “Next Steps” which teaches the essentials of writing drama expressly for film. The author's wealth of real-world experience is evident in the text's practical advice to beginning screenwriters.
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Screenwriting: Step by Step is a user-friendly, basic introduction to successful screenwriting for the student and novice screenwriter.
The text covers twelve steps to good screenwriting. It teaches students how to choose a theme, establish a central conflict, and write a story that works as drama. The book is divided into two sections: “First Steps,” which teaches students the essentials of writing drama, and “Next Steps,” which teaches the essentials of writing drama expressly for film. The author's wealth of real-world experience is evident in the text's practical advice to beginning screenwriters.
Features
- Explains cinematic principles in clear, simple, conversational prose, helping to eliminate confusion for students and jumpstart their writing process.
- Includes a separate chapter on formatting so that students can write a script that is technically correct as well as artistically creative.
- Offers exercises at the end of each chapter that help students clarify and reinforce the fundamentals of writing for film.