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Screenwriting For Dummies (For Dummies (Career/Education)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Laura Schellhardt
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 8442
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 341
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0470345403
Dewey Decimal Number: 791
EAN: 9780470345405
ASIN: 0470345403
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
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Product Description
Write a great script and get it into the hands of the Hollywood players!
So you want to be a screenwriter? Whether you want to write a feature film or a TV script or adapt your favorite book, this friendly guide gives you expert advice in everything from creating your story and developing memorable characters to formatting your script and selling it to the studios. You get savvy industry tips and strategies for getting your screenplay noticed!
* The screenwriting process from A to Z -- from developing a concept and thinking visually to plotline, conflicts, pacing, and the conclusion
* Craft living, breathing characters -- from creating the backstory to letting your characters speak to balancing dialogue with action
* Turn your story into a script -- from developing an outline and getting over writer's block to formatting your screenplay and handling rewrites
* Prepare for Hollywood -- from understanding the players and setting your expectations to polishing your copy and protecting your work
* Sell your script to the industry -- from preparing your pitch and finding an agent to meeting with executives and making a deal
Open the book and find:
* The latest on the biz, from entertainment blogs to top agents to box office jargon
* New story examples from recently released films
* Tips on character development, a story's time clock, dramatic structure, and dialogue
* New details on developing the nontraditional screenplay -- from musicals to animation to high dramatic style
* Expanded information on adaptation and collaboration, with examples from successful screenwriting duos
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 A good start but not the only resource August 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have never written a script before so the "For Dummies" title, I thought, applied to me. However, as much as the book offers a lot on formulating a story, I was looking more for actual tips on structure and acceptable formatting of the physical script. There is very little of that in this book. The majority of the book deals with how to come up with a character, conflict, plot and all the other components of a story (something that I already have). If you are in the same boat as me, I suggest Christopher Keane's book, How to Write a Selling Screenplay.
Screenwriting for Dummies May 31, 2008
This is a nice book to offer up important information if you have some silly desire to try to write a screenplay. It gives you plenty of basic information concerning proper formatting and how to deal with your ideas.
Although it doesn't write it for you, if you happen to be serious about joining the (probably) millions that are trying to break into the business, it's a good start.
Charles A. Reap, Jr., author of "Devil's Game," and "My Friend Sam."
 Great May 15, 2008
This book is great would recommend it to any one interested in writing for film or tv. adios
 hodgepodge April 1, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A disjointed reference book made by an educated person. Lots of general advice that has no flow. 30/60/30. blah blah.
Not bad ... October 13, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Could have been better. I found it lacking. Trottier's book has been of more value to me.
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