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Screenwriting for Dummies
Packed with easy-to-understand guidelines and writing projects, Screenwriting For Dummies makes film writing accessible to novices and helps more experienced writers improve their scripts. This engaging guide walks readers through the essential elements of every good screenplay, from character development, to creating a story, to writing compelling dialogue, to adopting a screenplay from a different source. It also includes all the specific formatting details that go into writing a visual screenplay from scripting character introductions, to writing the camera into the script, to creating a cinematic collage. In addition, Screenwriting For Dummies covers the important task of selling a screenplay, including tips for getting a spec script into the proper marketing format, protecting intellectual property rights, and securing an agent.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 28, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good to read, you will not waste time.
This was my second book about screenwriting. thats mean I had a good background of screenwriting when i decided to buy and read it.
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 22, 2007 Type: User Review |
A smooth, decent guide
If you're just starting out, this is a decent guide. There are other books which cover the basics like The Bare Bones Book of Screenwriting that are more simple, clear and precise. Overall Screenwriting for Dummies does its job.
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 3.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 10, 2007 Type: User Review |
Same ol' song and dance
A friend of mine bought this book and shouldn't have. Laura Schellhardt isn't a seasoned pro at screenwriting, she is a TEACHER. Not a good one at that.
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 01, 2006 Type: User Review |
good book. too much information in one book.
I bought it 1 month ago and I haven't finished it yet. it's more of a reference book. I refer to it quite a bit. her writing has flow and easy to understand. I personally don't like "dummies" series but this one is good.
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 08, 2006 Type: User Review |
A lot of academic theory but nothing practical.
First, I would like to make clear, or to put it more aptly, this book was written by an academic and not someone who is in the actual business. In other words, lots of theory but nothing practical to back it up. If I'm not mistaken, the author has...
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2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 13, 2006 Type: User Review |
A great resource!
This book is a great resource for anybody who's ever wanted to write in film. It gives you a great method for writing with a structure, good examples, and information on how to get your script looked at. The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is...
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4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Sep 01, 2005 Type: User Review |
Great Help
Screenwriting for Dummies is a very helpfull book. It provides good details with available refrences for its examples. The literature is simple allowing for easy comprehenision. I would recomend this book for the simple fact that it is an easy...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 19, 2005 Type: User Review |
How to write a script
This book is very helpful. It has lot of tips. Links to web sites. The book explains in detail the most important techniques to be a good screenwriter. In addition, it shows how to submit a script, how to present it and the most important, to whom...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Feb 20, 2004 Type: User Review |
Schellhardt provides clear analysis of structure
Screenwriting for Dummies provides comprehensive information about how to construct a screenplay, from concept to pitch, but its most valuable aspect is Schellhardt's coverage of film structure. She shows the bones of a good screenplay in a...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jan 06, 2004 Type: User Review |
Very Thorough
Laura Schellhardt, author of the book, spells it all out. I am always daunted when I set out to write a screenplay, but this book allowed me to break down that process into managable tasks. This book covers it all from the pre-writing phases of...
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