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How to Write a Selling Screenplay
Written by Christopher Keane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his... Read more >
Written by Christopher Keane
Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $15.95
Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his... Read more >
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The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems
Written by Syd Field
Format: eBook, 384 pages
On Sale: September 2, 2009
Price: $17.00
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... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Bambi vs. Godzilla
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
In Bambi vs. Godzilla, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad?... Read more >
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $13.95
In Bambi vs. Godzilla, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad?... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover and a
trade paperback.
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What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $17.95
Screenwriters have always been viewed as Hollywood’s stepchildren. Silent-film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett forbade his screenwriters from writing anything down, for fear they’d get inflated ideas about themselves as creative artists. The great midcentury director John Ford was known to answer studio executives’ complaints that he was behind schedule by tearing... Read more >
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman
Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $17.95
Screenwriters have always been viewed as Hollywood’s stepchildren. Silent-film comedy pioneer Mack Sennett forbade his screenwriters from writing anything down, for fear they’d get inflated ideas about themselves as creative artists. The great midcentury director John Ford was known to answer studio executives’ complaints that he was behind schedule by tearing... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $17.95
“Fascinating.”
—Los Angeles Times
A brilliant, wildly entertaining history of Hollywood from the screenwriters’ perspective
In this truly fresh take on the movies, veteran Oscar-winning screenwriter Marc Norman gives us the first comprehensive history of the men and women who penned some of the greatest movies of all time. Impeccably researched, erudite, and filled... Read more >
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $17.95
“Fascinating.”
—Los Angeles Times
A brilliant, wildly entertaining history of Hollywood from the screenwriters’ perspective
In this truly fresh take on the movies, veteran Oscar-winning screenwriter Marc Norman gives us the first comprehensive history of the men and women who penned some of the greatest movies of all time. Impeccably researched, erudite, and filled... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Bambi vs. Godzilla
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright: an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from a filmmaker who’s always played by his own rules.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits?... Read more >
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $13.95
From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright: an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from a filmmaker who’s always played by his own rules.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits?... Read more >
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The Art of Plotting
Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $18.95
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Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: January 8, 2008
Price: $18.95
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Breakfast with Sharks
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the De al, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Written by Michael Lent
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.99
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive... Read more >
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the De al, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Written by Michael Lent
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $15.99
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Screenplay Story Analysis
Written by Asher Garfinkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $16.95
Learn how to evaluate screenplays—and how to break into the business.
Sometimes it seems like everybody's writing a screenplay. But who reads those screenplays? Professional story analysts, that's who. Screenplay Story Analysis explains exactly how to become a professional story analyst. Along with a basic how-to on writing a story analysis—or "coverage"—this... Read more >
Written by Asher Garfinkel
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Price: $16.95
Learn how to evaluate screenplays—and how to break into the business.
Sometimes it seems like everybody's writing a screenplay. But who reads those screenplays? Professional story analysts, that's who. Screenplay Story Analysis explains exactly how to become a professional story analyst. Along with a basic how-to on writing a story analysis—or "coverage"—this... Read more >
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Bambi vs. Godzilla
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $22.00
In Bambi vs. Godzilla, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad?... Read more >
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Written by David Mamet
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2007
Price: $22.00
In Bambi vs. Godzilla, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way.
Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad?... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Writing a Great Movie
Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting
Written by Jeff Kitchen
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Let’s cut to the chase: Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter—(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2)... Read more >
Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting
Written by Jeff Kitchen
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2006
Price: $19.95
Let’s cut to the chase: Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter—(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2)... Read more >
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The Perfect Screenplay
Writing It and Selling It
Written by Katherine Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $16.95
They say in L.A. everybody is writing a screenplay. With The Perfect Screenplay, everybody everywhere will be writing well-presented, saleable screenplays. Packed with tips from an insider on how Hollywood operates, testing script ideas, building structure, and marketing the final screenplay, this book is the key to getting work read and... Read more >
Writing It and Selling It
Written by Katherine Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2006
Price: $16.95
They say in L.A. everybody is writing a screenplay. With The Perfect Screenplay, everybody everywhere will be writing well-presented, saleable screenplays. Packed with tips from an insider on how Hollywood operates, testing script ideas, building structure, and marketing the final screenplay, this book is the key to getting work read and... Read more >
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Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
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Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill
Format: Trade Paperback, 275 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2005
Price: $19.95
Read more >
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The Screenwriter's Legal Guide
Written by Stephen Breimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $29.95
This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an... Read more >
Written by Stephen Breimer
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2004
Price: $29.95
This authoritative guide will help both fledgling and established writers to negotiate the best deal, protect their work, and get fair compensation for it. One of the most powerful entertainment lawyers in Hollywood provides easy-to-understand, expert advice on all the legal issues involved in the business of screenwriting. He gives an... Read more >
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Breakfast with Sharks
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the Deal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Written by Michael Lent
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2004
Price: $15.99
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive... Read more >
A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the Deal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood
Written by Michael Lent
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2004
Price: $15.99
What They Didn’t Teach You in Your Screenwriting Course
Screenwriters, listen up! Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $18.95
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The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: October 1, 2003
Price: $18.95
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Shoot Me
Independent Filmmaking from Creative Concept to Rousing Release
Written by Rocco Simonelli and Roy Frumkes
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2002
Price: $22.95
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Independent Filmmaking from Creative Concept to Rousing Release
Written by Rocco Simonelli and Roy Frumkes
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2002
Price: $22.95
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Which Lie Did I Tell?
More Adventures in the Screen Trade
Written by William Goldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $16.95
From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride (he also wrote the novel), and the bestselling author of Adventures in the Screen Trade comes a garrulous new book that is as much a screenwriting how-to (and how-not-to) manual as it is a feast of... Read more >
More Adventures in the Screen Trade
Written by William Goldman
Format: Trade Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: February 20, 2001
Price: $16.95
From the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Princess Bride (he also wrote the novel), and the bestselling author of Adventures in the Screen Trade comes a garrulous new book that is as much a screenwriting how-to (and how-not-to) manual as it is a feast of... Read more >
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The Screenwriter's Guide to Agents and Managers
Written by John Scott Lewinski
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2001
Price: $24.95
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Written by John Scott Lewinski
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 1, 2001
Price: $24.95
Read more >
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Writing Scripts Hollywood Will Love
Written by Katherine Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $17.95
Read more >
Written by Katherine Herbert
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: November 1, 2000
Price: $17.95
Read more >
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So You Want to Be a Screenwriter
How to Face the Fears and Take the Risks
Written by Sara Caldwell and Marie-Eve Kielson
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $22.95
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How to Face the Fears and Take the Risks
Written by Sara Caldwell and Marie-Eve Kielson
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $22.95
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Script Facsimile: Star Wars: Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Written by George Lucas
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $18.95
A SENSATIONAL SLICE OF MOVIE HISTORY!
For the first time ever, Star Wars fans can own a realistic facsimile of the script from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. This amazing edition re-creates the never-before-released, official continuity script, chronicling the action exactly as it appeared on the movie screen.
Complete with sixteen... Read more >
Written by George Lucas
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $18.95
A SENSATIONAL SLICE OF MOVIE HISTORY!
For the first time ever, Star Wars fans can own a realistic facsimile of the script from Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. This amazing edition re-creates the never-before-released, official continuity script, chronicling the action exactly as it appeared on the movie screen.
Complete with sixteen... Read more >
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