The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
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- Synopsis
- All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to:*Understand what makes great stories work*Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models*Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight*Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does*Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block foreverFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
- Copyright:
- 1998
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307570055
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780440504917
- Publisher:
- Random House Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 01/04/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Syd Field
- Adult content:
- Yes
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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