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| The Savvy Screenwriter: How To Sell Your Screenplay (And Yourself) |
"The Savvy Screenwriter demystifies the film industry and reveals what aspiring screenwriters really want and need to know. From finding and working with agents, to insights about story analysts and movie executives, to understanding option agreements, to providing samples for queries, synopses, treatments, loglines, and outlines, to pitching, Susan Kouguell knows what works and what doesn't, and gives practical advice on getting your screenplay sold."
Price: 16.99
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| "Story: Substance, Structure, Style, And The Principles Of" |
"Included in Disney's Recommended Reading List! For more than 15 years, Robert McKee's students have been taking Hollywood's top honors. His �Story Seminar � is the world's ultimate seminar for screenwriters, filmmakers, and novelists. Now, Robert McKee's Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting reveals the award-winning methods of the man universally regarded as the world's premier teacher on screenwriting and story. With Hollywood and publishing companies paying record sums for great stories, and audiences clamoring for originality, McKee's Story gives you the strategies you need to win the war on clich ©s. Story is about form, not formula. McKee's insights cut to the hidden sources of storytelling, the decisive differences between mediocrity and excellence. It goes well beyond the essential mechanics of screenwriting and is packed with examples from such film classics as �Casablanca � and �Chinatown. � Then, scene by sequence by act,"
Price: 29.95
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| A Writer's Workbook: Daily Exercises For The Writing Life - Softcover |
"Aspiring doctors have medical school. Karate students have belts of different colors. Pianists have scales and arpeggios. But what system do writers have for getting and staying in shape, to help them focus, practice, and make progress? A Writer's Workbook is Caroline Sharp's ingenious collection of exercises to inspire, encourage, warm up, and jump-start anyone who writes. A wise and funny friend who will cheerlead you through even your darkest can't-write days and every idea I've ever had is awful nights, she provides encouraging suggestions, hilarious observations, and an amazingly vivid catalogue of writers' neuroses (with advice on overcoming them, of course). From Roget's Resume and Emulating Ernest to End Well, The Rewrite Rut, and Dear John, the exercises in this generous, wry workbook will keep your ideas fresh, your mind open, and your pen moving."
Price: 14.95
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| The Portable Film School: Everything You'd Learn In Film School |
"The Portable Film School is a private tutorial from an instructor at one of the nation ™s most prestigious film schools. D.B. Gilles explains the fundamental skills and techniques of screenwriting and making a short film arming you with the two calling cards you ™ll need to break into Hollywood "" without having spent the tuition or a minute in a classroom. Just when you think there aren't anymore books to write about filmmaking, here comes D.B. Gilles' The Portable Film School: a wonderful on-paper process that shows you how to write screenplays and make both short and long films. Ideal for anyone who doesn't go to film school. --Lew Hunter, screenwriter, author of Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434, and UCLA Screenwriting Professor and Chair Emeritus Will completely de-mystify the process of making a movie. Everything you need to know is here; you'll only have to supply the guts and a good story. --Chris Vogler, Former Fox development executive and author of The Writer'"
Price: 15.95
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| Taking Woodstock: The Shooting Script - Softcover Edition |
"The official screenplay book to the new film from Academy Award ® winner Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain), starring Demetri Martin. Includes a color portfolio with production notes, historical images and movie stills. Taking Woodstock is inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. It ™s 1969, and Elliot, an interior designer in Greenwich Village, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn ™t paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor &tra"
Price: 19.95
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| Plotting And Writing Suspense Fiction - Softcover Edition |
"Patricia Highsmith, author of Strangers On a Train, The Talented Mr.Ripley, Found In The Street, and many other books, is known as one of the finest suspense novelists. In this book, she analyzes the key elements of suspense fiction, drawing upon her own experience in four decades as a working writer. She talks about, among other topics; how to develop a complete story from an idea; what makes a plot gripping; the use (and abuse) of coincidence; characterization and the likeable criminal; going from first draft to final draft; and writing the suspense short story. Throughout the book, Highsmith illustrates her points with plentiful examples from her own work, and by discussing her own inspirations, false starts, dead ends, successes, and failures, she presents a lively and highly readable picture of the novelist at work. Anyone who wishes to write crime and suspense fiction, or who enjoys reading it, will find this book an insightful guide to the craft and art of a modern master."
Price: 13.95
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| Spanglish - Softcover Edition |
"The newest comedy from the Oscar ®-winning writer/director of As Good As It Gets and Terms of Endearment, starring Adam Sandler and T ©a Leoni. Flor (Sex and Lucia's Paz Vega) emigrates to Los Angeles from Mexico in hopes of finding a better life for her and her daughter. Hired by John and Deborah Clasky (Punch-Drunk Love's Adam Sandler and Flirting with Disaster's T ©a Leoni) as their housekeeper, Flor contends with the language barrier, her daughter's budding femininity, and the eccentric Clasky's way of life. The Newmarket Shooting Script ® book includes an introduction by writer/director James L. Brooks, the complete original screenplay, stills, and cast and crew credits."
Price: 18.95
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| War Of The Worlds: The Shooting Script - Softcover Edition |
"The only official tie-in book to the global box-office hit directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise features the complete screenplay and a color photo section. A contemporary retelling of H. G. Wells's seminal classic, this sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. Tom Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down. Moments later, at an intersection near his house, Ray witnesses an extraordinary event that will change all their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth and, before anyone can react, incinerates everything in sight. An ordinary day has suddenly be"
Price: 19.95
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| The Savages: The Shooting Script - Softcover Edition |
"The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father's domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy (Academy Award ® nominee Laura Linney) is a struggling East Village playwright, aka a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies, and dating her very married neighbor. Jon (Academy Award ® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman) is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage (Tony Award ® winner Philip Bosco), is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones who can help. Now, as they put their already arrested lives on hold, Wendy and Jon are forced to live together under one roof for the first time since childhood, rediscovering the eccentricities that drove eac"
Price: 19.95
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| Secrets Of Film Writing - Softcover Edition |
"Most books about screenplays instruct on three-act structure, character arcs, and how to format a script. But you already know all that. Secrets of Film Writing reveals a working writer's secrets-the tips, short cuts, tricks, and insider advice that will get your story down on paper, maximize your idea, and seduce your readers. Do you know why actors pick scripts out of a stack? Why montage sequences don't work? Why the traditional three-act structure is obsolete? Lazarus lifts the veil with dozens of secrets like these. Lazarus's insights and techniques will smooth and improve any screenwriter's process and will make any script more readable and ultimately more salable. Secrets of Film Writing takes you behind the scenes of feature and television writing and demystifies, once and for all, the Hollywood System."
Price: 14.95
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| "Your Writing Coach: From Concept To Character, From Pitch To" |
"Written by a highly successful author with vast experience in many different kinds of writing - feature films, television, radio, books, newspapers, plays, with writing credits from Hollywood to the BBC Your Writing Coach shows aspiring writers how to overcome fear, get past excuses, and start writing! With practical advice on developing a niche and a writing style, Wolff provides all the strategies needed to become a full time writer and build a successful career."
Price: 19.95
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| Slumdog Millionaire - Softcover Edition |
"Today is the biggest day in Jamal Malik's life. A penniless, eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, he's one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? But when the show breaks for the night, suddenly, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. After all, how could an uneducated street kid possibly know so much? Determined to get to the bottom of Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector spends the night probing Jamal's incredible past, from his riveting tales of the slums where he and his brother, Salim, survived by their wits to his hair-raising encounters with local gangs to his heartbreak over Latika, the unforgettable girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: What is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day "
Price: 19.95
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| Stranger Than Fiction - Softcover Edition |
"The only book tie-in to the major Columbia Pictures film starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, and Emma Thompson, directed by Marc Forster. In this inventive comedy, a novelist (Emma Thompson) struggles to complete her latest, and potentially finest, book-she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, IRS agent Harold Crick, and she'll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is inexplicably alive and well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction and reality collide when the bewildered and hilariously resistant Harold hears what she has in mind and realizes he must find a way to change her (and his) ending. Stranger Than Fiction sustains an elaborate balancing act between comedy and tragedy as one man awakens to his true nature. The Newmarket Shooting Script book includes: Foreword by director Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, Monster's Ball) Introduction by producer Lindsay Doran (Sense and Sen"
Price: 19.95
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| "The Script Is Finished, Now What Do I Do?: The Scriptwriter's Resource" |
"This unique resource guide for film, television and theater scriptwriters who seek to market their wares lists more than 100 Los Angeles and New York agencies that represent scriptwriters. Each listing includes agency history, staff, client list, and goals. Insider advice includes attributes agents seek in the scripts they read; the best way to get an agent interested in your work; and much more."
Price: 20
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| The Scene Book: A Primer For The Fiction Writer - Softcover Edition |
"A treasure-trove of scene-writing wisdom from award-winning author and teacher Sandra Scofield To write a good scene, you have to know the following: Every scene has an EVENT Every scene has a FUNCTION in the narrative Every scene has a STRUCTURE: a beginning, middle, and end Every scene has a PULSE The Scene Book is a fundamental guide to crafting more effective scenes in fiction. In clear, simple language, Sandra Scofield shows both the beginner and the seasoned writer how to build better scenes, the underpinning of any good narrative."
Price: 15
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| A Writer's Guide To Fiction - Softcover Edition |
"Don't get lost on the path to getting published - forge ahead with the Writer's Compass. Author, editor, writing instructor, mentor, and marketing consultant Elizabeth Lyon helps you navigate the art and craft of fiction writing - with clear, easy-to-follow directions."
Price: 14.95
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| Short Films 101: How To Make A Short For Under $50K-And Launch Your |
"Citing the recent success of ten minute videos in attracting the attention of studios, this handbook offers aspiring directors advice on writing a story, renting equipment, hiring a crew, finding actors, scheduling shoots and locations, editing the final product, and distributing over the internet. Two example scripts and a directory of film schools are provided."
Price: 15.95
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| Screenwriting Is Storytelling: Creating An A-List Screenplay That |
"Applying her groundbreaking approach to crafting a screenplay, Kate Wright reveals screenwriting formulas, defines story sequencing, and explores the mysteries of storytelling with unique, winning strategies. Drawing on examples from many contemporary, successful films, Screenwriting Is Storytelling takes you beyond structure into the heart of the screenplay. Whether you are a novice or experienced screenwriter, Kate Wright can teach you how to create a compelling and framatic story for the screen."
Price: 16
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| Ten Minutes To The Pitch: Your Last-Minute Guide And Checklist For |
"Here ™s a usable, workable guide to selling your script, story, or idea to the powers that be. Compact and comprehensive, Ten Minutes to the Pitch gives you all the info you need to prepare for your pitch. Then, when it ™s time to perform, the last minute check list settles you down, gets you focused, and puts you in a position to knock ™em dead. This slim but indispensable volume is chocked full of insider advice, secrets, and tips from a writer/producer who has successfully pitched "" and been pitched to "" thousands of time. With anecdotes, personal success stories, and tips from those who have made it, this book will ensure that when the time comes, you ™ll be ready to put your best pitch forward."
Price: 12.95
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| "Rebel Without A Crew: Or How A 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000" |
"In his own witty and straight-shooting style, Robert Rodriguez discloses all the strategies and innovative techniques he used to make El Mariachi on the cheap ""including filming before noon so he wouldn't have to buy the actors lunch. You'll witness Rodriguez's whirlwind, 'Mariachi-style' filmmaking, where creativity ""not money ""is used to solve problems. Culminating in his Ten-Minute Film School, this book may render conventional film-school programs obsolete. Rodriguez also offers an insider's view of the amazing courtship he enjoyed with Hollywood's A-list. It's an entertaining tour of Hollywood's deal-making machine as he navigates you through studio meetings, pitch sessions, and power lunches. Candidly divulging all the tactics and tempting lures the warring studios used to win him over, he admits that he barely escaped with his movie and his soul intact. Exploding the conventional wisdom that you need at least a million dollars to make a feature film, this nuts-and-bolts acco"
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| Writing The Natural Way: Turn The Task Of Writing Into The Joy Of |
"For those who yearn to write but falter at the sight of a blank page, the unique, student-proven techniques in Writing the Natural Way will help unlock natural writing style and storytelling abilities. First published in 1983, this popular classic has been revised with five completely new chapters and a wealth of field-tested exercises. Since 1973, Dr. Gabriele Rico has pioneered a dramatically different approach to writing that releases creative potential by tapping a rarely accessed part of the brain. Writing easily, meaningfully, and spontaneously is a simple matter of flowing with, rather than resisting, the mind's natural cooperative rhythms. By abolishing formal rules and quelling the painful inner critic, Writing the Natural Way helps writers of all levels acquire the spontaneity and ease of uninhibited self-expression."
Price: 17.95
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| The Right To Write: An Invitation And Initiation Into The Writing Life |
"What if everything we've been taught about learning to write was wrong? In The Right to Write, Julia Cameron, award-winning author of such national bestsellers as The Artist's Way and The Vein of Gold, asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a doctrine that is false and actually stifles creativity.It is human nature to write, Ms. Cameron declares as she systematically dismantles the mythology surrounding the writing life in our culture.She reveals the secrets of breaking loose from the grip of established thought processes and shows you how to unleash the wave of creativity within you that is starving to express itself.With the techniques and illustrative stories in The Right to Write, you'll learn how to make writing an easy, natural, intensely personal part of your life. Ms. Cameron's revolutionary instruction and examples include the details of her very own writing processes, the ones she uses to create her poetry, plays, essays, and novels. Her tools make"
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| Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures In The Screen Trade - Softcover |
"Wiliam Goldman is one of the most successful screenwriters of the past forty years. His book Adventures in the Screen Trade ""the tell-all that revealed the secrets behind the business of the big Hollywood screen ""is a classic, the bible for anyone who wants to be a screenwriter or wants the inside scoop on Hollywood. Now, with his fascinating sequel ""Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade ""Goldman brings us up to speed, with the latest lowdown on Hollywood moviemaking. In Which Lie Did I Tell?, Goldman details his experiences ""good, bad, and ugly ""over the past fifteen years. He gives us gossipy, terrifying, hilarious, and insightful stories from the set of such films as The Princess Bride, Misery, Maverick, and Absolute Power. He fills us in on what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Kathy Bates, Michael Douglas, Clint Eastwood, and many other Hollywood players. He tells us what does and doesn't work on film and why, conducting a virtual writer's clinic on c"
Price: 16.95
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| "Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, And Goblins: An Encyclopedia -" |
"A fabulously entertaining work with over 100 delightful illustrations--Library Journal calls Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins its favorite work of 1996. In more than 2,000 alphabetically arranged entries, readers will meet angels, demons, elves, encantados, fairies, familiars, keremets, nats, nymphs, and many other strange beings from around the world. Carol Rose introduces the reader to the little--and not so little--folk, delightfully various and, at the same time, strikingly similar from country to country. Wherever humans have lived, the supernatural beings have dwelt alongside us. People serve to explain the unexplainable--the strange disappearance of a traveler in a dark wood, that odd thumping in the attic, the fresh cream turned sour overnight. Often they reveal the stoic humor with which human societies have faced their difficulties. But whatever their source, our guilts, fears, dreams, or imaginations, the spirits have fascinated and enchanted us through the millenn"
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| You Can Count On Me: A Screenplay - Softcover Edition |
"Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan ™s You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards. This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brother ™s complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond. Sammy and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children. Sammy, now the single mother of a young son, has stayed in their hometown and is an officer at the local bank. Terry has become something of a drifter, surfacing only when he needs money. Sammy ™s own life has its complications: she puts off an old boyfriend ™s proposal and begins an affair with her new boss. Together in their family home, Terry ™s charming irresponsibility collides with Sammy ™s confusion over her own actions. What remains unspoken is what they ™ve known since they were left with only each other sixteen years before."
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| A Writer's Time: Making The Time To Write - Softcover Edition |
"For nearly a decade, thousands of writers-aspiring and professional-have relied on this book, the first to apply time-management principles to the specific needs of writers of fiction, nonfiction, and drama."
Price: 15.95
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| Creating Powerful Movie Scenes - Dvd Edition |
"Michael ™s principles are so well argued that the mysteries of screenwriting can be understood ""even by directors. ""Phillip Noyce (Director: Patriot Games; Clear and Present Danger) Good scenes are like great movies in miniature: they draw the reader into a unique reality; create empathy and identification with the characters; reveal compelling desires and insurmountable conflicts; contribute to character growth and theme; provide a blueprint for direction and performance; and elicit bigger-than-life emotions. Using examples from such award winning screenplays as Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, and Pirates of the Caribbean, this DVD reveals the elements of action, description, and dialogue that will insure the overall success of your screenplay. Part of the Screenwriting Expo DVD Series, this 2-hour masters course is an exceptional value. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from the finest faculty teaching screenwriting today."
Price: 14.95
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