| The Screenwriter's Problem Solver: How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems Contributor(s): Field, Syd (Author) |
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ISBN: 0440504910 ISBN-13: 9780440504917 Publisher: Delta OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant - secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to understand what makes great stories work; make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models; use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight; make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does; and recover when you hit the "wall" - and overcome writer's block forever. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Performing Arts | Film - Screenwriting |
| Dewey: 808.23 |
| LCCN: 97030241 |
| Series: Dell Trade Paperback |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 5.25" W x 7.99" (0.71 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to: -Understand what makes great stories work -Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models -Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight -Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does -Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block forever |