Books - Writing Screenplays that Sell

A complete blueprint for writing and selling film and TV scripts that is now considered the most practical book on the subject of scriptwriting. A myth-busting book that puts purpose behind your dream of breaking into the film industry and polishing your skills to stay for the long haul. Fascinating chapters on Four Paths to a Deal, Living and Working Outside Los Angeles, and The Life of a Screenwriter.

Format: Softcover
ISBN: 62725009
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Books - Screenplay Companion

Have a great idea but are having trouble turning it into a screenplay? The Screenplay Companion is here to save the day! Not a how-to guide, but a fill-in-the-blanks workbook that will help you organize your thoughts, break down the story and dig deeper into characters. Never lose your notes again, there’s always a place to put them. The Screenplay Companion contains sections on Time Management, Scene Analysis, Writer’s Journal, Character Analysis, Character to Character Relationship, Story Elements, Story Line, Theme, Premise, 3 Act Storyboard, Contact Management, Script Submissions Log, and Resources.

Format: Softcover
ISBN: 963917714
Publisher: Write-Side Productions

Books - Anatomy of a Screenplay

With clear logic and accessible language, Anatomy of a Screenplay goes beyond the rigid-rule and subjective approaches to screenwriting to show a flexible and accurate way of understanding a screenplay. Dan Decker's revolutionary theories of Character Structure, Drive Structure and Convergence are presented to the public for the first time in this book.

Books - Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Revised Edition

A real gem on the craft of screenwriting, this fourth edition of Syd Field's preeminent book on screenwriting provides easily understood guidelines for writing a screenplay, from concept to finished product. Field makes the art of film writing accessible to novices and helps practiced writers improve their scripts, as he pinpoints stylistic and structural elements such as characterization and plot (and why the first ten pages are crucial).

This masterful book provides tips and techniques on screenplay format; collaborations; adaptations; what to do after your screenplay is written and more. The highly-regarded scripts of Chinatown and Silver Streak are used to illustrate concepts.

"Syd Field is the preeminent analyzer in the study of American screenplays." -- James L. Brooks, Academy Award-winning writer, director, producer.

Books - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Story to Screenplay

"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Zodiac), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a time traveler's tale of the people and places Benjamin Button bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Included in this volume is F. Scott Fitzgerald's provocative story and the stunning screenplay by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump), a bold re-imagining of this classic tale.

Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9781439117002
Publisher: Scribner Book Company