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From concept to finished draft–a nuts–and–bolts approach to adaptations
Aspiring and established screenwriters everywhere, take note! This down–to–earth guide is the first to clearly articulate the craft of adaptation. Drawing on his own experience and on fourteen years of teaching, screenwriter Richard Krevolin presents his proven five–step process for adapting anything–from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems–into a screenplay. Used by thousands of novelists, playwrights, poets, and journalists around the country, this can′t–miss process features practical advice on how to break down a story into its essential components, as well as utilizes case studies of successful adaptations. Krevolin also provides an insider′s view of working and surviving within the Hollywood system–covering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who specialize in adaptations.
∗ Outlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120–page screenplay
∗ Explains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand–page novel
∗ Advises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be
∗ Features helpful hints from Hollywood bigwigs–award–winning television writer Larry Brody; screenwriter and script reader Henry Jones; screenwriter and author Robin Russin; screenwriter and author Simon Rose; and more
Aspiring and established screenwriters everywhere, take note! This down–to–earth guide is the first to clearly articulate the craft of adaptation. Drawing on his own experience and on fourteen years of teaching, screenwriter Richard Krevolin presents his proven five–step process for adapting anything–from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems–into a screenplay. Used by thousands of novelists, playwrights, poets, and journalists around the country, this can′t–miss process features practical advice on how to break down a story into its essential components, as well as utilizes case studies of successful adaptations. Krevolin also provides an insider′s view of working and surviving within the Hollywood system–covering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who specialize in adaptations.
∗ Outlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120–page screenplay
∗ Explains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand–page novel
∗ Advises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be
∗ Features helpful hints from Hollywood bigwigs–award–winning television writer Larry Brody; screenwriter and script reader Henry Jones; screenwriter and author Robin Russin; screenwriter and author Simon Rose; and more
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From concept to finished draft–a nuts–and–bolts approach to adaptations
Aspiring and established screenwriters everywhere, take note! This down–to–earth guide is the first to clearly articulate the craft of adaptation. Drawing on his own experience and on fourteen years of teaching, screenwriter Richard Krevolin presents his proven five–step process for adapting anything–from novels and short stories to newspaper articles and poems–into a screenplay. Used by thousands of novelists, playwrights, poets, and journalists around the country, this can’t–miss process features practical advice on how to break down a story into its essential components, as well as utilizes case studies of successful adaptations. Krevolin also provides an insider’s view of working and surviving within the Hollywood system–covering the legal issues, interviewing studio insiders on what they are looking for, and offering tips from established screenwriters who specialize in adaptations.
- Outlines a series of stages that help you structure your story to fit the needs of a 120–page screenplay
- Explains how to adapt anything for Hollywood, from a single sentence story idea all the way to a thousand–page novel
- Advises on the tricky subject of just how faithful your adaptation should be
- Features helpful hints from Hollywood bigwigs–award–winning television writer Larry Brody; screenwriter and script reader Henry Jones; screenwriter and author Robin Russin; screenwriter and author Simon Rose; and more
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Whether I am reading a script written by a USC School of Cinema and Television student or by an aspiring screenwriter from somewhere in the country who has hired me as a consultant, I find one predominant misconception occurring over and over again in all the work I read-people think that screenwriting is easy and that since adaptations are derived from preexisting material, they are even easier. Read the first page
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Whether I am reading a script written by a USC School of Cinema and Television student or by an aspiring screenwriter from somewhere in the country who has hired me as a consultant, I find one predominant misconception occurring over and over again in all the work I read-people think that screenwriting is easy and that since adaptations are derived from preexisting material, they are even easier. Read the first page
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