Now Write! Screenwriting: Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
Jan 2011 · Sold by Penguin
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An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, "Lost", "True Blood", "The Shield", and many other hit films and television shows.
Now Write! Screenwriting-the latest addition to the Now Write! writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the Oscar-winning Raging Bull, Oscar- nominated Ali, era-defining blockbuster Terminator 2, musical classic Fame, hit series "Lost" "True Blood" and "The Shield," Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, Chicken Run, Reversal of Fortune, Before Sunrise, Mystic Pizza, Indecent Proposal, and many more, to teach the art of the story.
*Learn about why it is sometimes best to write what you don't know from Christina Kim ('Lost')
*Find out how Stephen Rivele (Ali, Nixon) reduces his screenplay ideas down to their most basic elements, and uses that as a writing guide
*Learn why you should focus on your character, not your plot, when digging yourself out of a plot home from Danny Rubin (Groundhog Day)
*Take tips from Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, The Spiderwick Chronicles) on how to give an inanimate object intense emotional significance
*Let Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset) teach you how to stop your internal critic dead in his tracks
This lively and easy-to-read guide will motivate both aspiring and experienced screenwriters. No other screenwriting book offers advice and exercises from this many writers of successful, iconic films.
Now Write! Screenwriting-the latest addition to the Now Write! writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the Oscar-winning Raging Bull, Oscar- nominated Ali, era-defining blockbuster Terminator 2, musical classic Fame, hit series "Lost" "True Blood" and "The Shield," Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, Chicken Run, Reversal of Fortune, Before Sunrise, Mystic Pizza, Indecent Proposal, and many more, to teach the art of the story.
*Learn about why it is sometimes best to write what you don't know from Christina Kim ('Lost')
*Find out how Stephen Rivele (Ali, Nixon) reduces his screenplay ideas down to their most basic elements, and uses that as a writing guide
*Learn why you should focus on your character, not your plot, when digging yourself out of a plot home from Danny Rubin (Groundhog Day)
*Take tips from Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, The Spiderwick Chronicles) on how to give an inanimate object intense emotional significance
*Let Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset) teach you how to stop your internal critic dead in his tracks
This lively and easy-to-read guide will motivate both aspiring and experienced screenwriters. No other screenwriting book offers advice and exercises from this many writers of successful, iconic films.
An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, "Lost", "True Blood", "The Shield", and many other hit films and television shows.
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About the author
Sherry Ellis is the editor of Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers and Now Write! Nonfiction, as well as a personal writing coach. Her author interviews have appeared in the Kenyon Review, The Writer’s Chronicle, Glimmer Train, and AGNI, as well as other literary and arts magazines. She lives in Massachusetts.
Laurie Lamson
The popular Now Write! creative writing series published by Tarcher was started by Laurie’s aunt, Sherry Ellis. Laurie served as Author/Editor or co-Author/Editor for three of the Now Write! anthologies – Screenwriting, Mysteries, and Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. She created a similar compilation for actors: Now Act! Insight, Advice and Preparation Processes.
With a filmmaking background, Laurie has written well over 100 produced film, video and audio scripts across education, marketing and entertainment. She brings a collaborative approach to story development consultation for production companies, their corporate and government clientele, and fellow writers and filmmakers. Sites: NowWrite.net / LaurieLamson.com
Laurie Lamson
The popular Now Write! creative writing series published by Tarcher was started by Laurie’s aunt, Sherry Ellis. Laurie served as Author/Editor or co-Author/Editor for three of the Now Write! anthologies – Screenwriting, Mysteries, and Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. She created a similar compilation for actors: Now Act! Insight, Advice and Preparation Processes.
With a filmmaking background, Laurie has written well over 100 produced film, video and audio scripts across education, marketing and entertainment. She brings a collaborative approach to story development consultation for production companies, their corporate and government clientele, and fellow writers and filmmakers. Sites: NowWrite.net / LaurieLamson.com
Sherry Ellis is the editor of Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers and Now Write! Nonfiction, as well as a personal writing coach. Her author interviews have appeared in the Kenyon Review, The Writer’s Chronicle, Glimmer Train, and AGNI, as well as other lit...
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