Performing Arts:

Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers
The Next Generation
Written by George Stevens, Jr.

Format: eBook, 784 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $18.99

A companion volume to George Stevens, Jr.’s, much admired book of American Film Institute seminars with the great pioneering moviemakers (“Invaluable”—Martin Scorsese).
Those represented here—directors, producers, writers, actors, cameramen, composers, editors—are men and women working in pictures, beginning in 1950, when the studio system was collapsing and people could no longer depend...

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Conversations at the American Film Institute with the Great Moviemakers
The Next Generation
Written by George Stevens, Jr.

Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2012
Price: $39.95

A companion volume to George Stevens, Jr.’s, much admired book of American Film Institute seminars with the great pioneering moviemakers (“Invaluable”—Martin Scorsese).
Those represented here—directors, producers, writers, actors, cameramen, composers, editors—are men and women working in pictures, beginning in 1950, when the studio system was collapsing and people could no longer depend...

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Writing in Pictures
Screenwriting Made (Mostly) Painless
Written by Joseph McBride

Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $15.00

Writing in Pictures is a refreshingly practical and entertaining guide to screenwriting that provides what is lacking in most such books: a clear, step-by-step demonstration of how to write a screenplay.

Seasoned screenwriter and writing teacher Joseph McBride breaks down the process into a series of easy, approachable tasks, focusing on literary adaptation... Read more >

Writing in Pictures

Written by Joseph McBride

Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 28, 2012
Price: $11.99

Writing in Pictures is a refreshingly practical and entertaining guide to screenwriting that provides what is lacking in most such books: a clear, step-by-step demonstration of how to write a screenplay.

Seasoned screenwriter and writing teacher Joseph McBride breaks down the process into a series of easy, approachable tasks, focusing on literary adaptation... Read more >

The Art of Plotting
Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to your Screenplay
Written by Linda J. Cowgill

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2010
Price: $16.99

The complete, clear guide to creating compelling plots for film
-Integrate plot, characterization, and exposition to make stories real
- Examples from new and classic movies examine great plots in action

Plot must be as much about the emotions of the characters as it is about the events of the story.

That’s the message... Read more >

Writing Short Films
Structure and Content for Screenwriters
Written by Linda J. Cowgill

Format: eBook, 275 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2010
Price: $16.99

This new edition has been completely updated and revised along with the addition of several new chapters. Currently, this title remains the best selling university text book on writing short film screenplays. Read more >

Screenplay Workbook
The Writing Before the Writing
Written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan

Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 9, 2010
Price: $16.99

An instructional manual combined with proprietary worksheets, charts and fill-in lists designed to give screenwriters a better way to focus on the task of writing a screenplay. Read more >

How to Write a Selling Screenplay

Written by Christopher Keane

Format: eBook
On Sale: November 4, 2009
Price: $13.99

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 >

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: $14.99

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 >

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: $13.99

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 >

What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman

Format: eBook
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $15.99

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 >

What Happens Next
A History of American Screenwriting
Written by Marc Norman

Format: Trade Paperback, 576 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 >

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: $15.00

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 >

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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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: $13.99

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 >

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 >

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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Revenge of the Sith: Illustrated Screenplay: Star Wars: Episode III

Written by George Lucas

Format: eBook, 200 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2005
Price: $7.99

EPISODE III–THE ONE AND ONLY OFFICIAL SCREENPLAY, available exclusively in ebook format, including scenes that did not appear in the movie itself!

This is the complete, final screenplay written by George Lucas, as brought to life before the cameras by a stellar cast of performers and an unparalleled team of special... Read more >

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 >

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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