2016-07-13
Great read
The book was a great read.
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Description
From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script..
Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the script that will succeed.
•Why are the first ten pages of your script crucially important?
•How do you collaborate successfully with someone else?
•How do you adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay?
•How do you market your script?
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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4.5 of 5 (41 Ratings)
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2013-01-21
The basics I need
The book will always be an essential base material if you seriously want to write your screenplay right.
2012-03-30
I'm an idiot
This book was exactly what I needed; it provided a structural framework onto which I could begin to sculpt my idea. I learned a lot about the tools, the necessary steps in story telling and how to walk through them.
I really enjoyed it and feel like my eyes have been opened up.
2011-04-07
Best book for screenwriters
Very simple process, step by step explanation. If only I could find the time to finish my script!!!!