Screenwriting Tools
Screenwriting: How to Move Your Tale
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In this fast-moving and entertaining wokshop, edited to the best 90 minutes, Walter defends the sanctity of the story and praises commercial film and TV for catering to its audience. His advice on structure: “Lie through your teeth, integrate and think beginnings, Read the rest of this entry »
Using Myth to Power Your Story
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This delightful workshop covers how you can use the myths and fairytales that link us all to give your story more oomph. Get ready to laugh while you learn because the speaker is a natural storyteller and a witty observer of life. Whether you’re creating a screenplay, a novel, a play, a computer game, a puppet show or just an entry in your journal, your story will be richer, Read the rest of this entry »
Detectives, Crime Stories, and Thrillers Audio Course
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The truth will set you free. Are you most interested in truth? This form is about the unending search for truth, the struggle to claw through the facades, lies and misdirections that cheapen daily life. But this most honorable of all forms is a nightmare to structure.Unlike drama where you track the development of the [...]
Screenwriting 101: The Essential Craft of Feature Film Writing
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Neill Hicks, a successful screenwriter whose credits include Rumble In The Bronx and First Strike, brings the clarity and practical instruction familiar to his UCLA students to screenwriters everywhere. In his refreshingly straightforward style, Hicks tells the beginning screenwriter how the mechanics of Hollywood storytelling work, and how to use those elements to create a [...]
Inside Hollywood: A Writer’s Guide to the World of Movies and TV
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Open this book and uncover the real Hollywood. From the stars to the studio heads, award-winning writer John Morgan Wilson cuts through the cliches and the hype to give you an insider’s perspective on living and working in Tinseltown. Whether you want to write about or pursue a career in Hollywood, you’ll learn the lingo, [...]
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Screenwriting
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The advice is familiar: if you want to write for the movies, and sell those screenplays, you have to do ALL the homework. Press makes the homework inviting and possible. Read, take classes, network, and work hard, he says, and you’ll do well. The beginning text is his new ‘guide,’ brought to you by the [...]
