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The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay: How to Write Great Screenplays for Movies and Television

The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay: How to Write Great Screenplays for Movies and Television

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With the average payment for a screenplay over $100,000, every writer knows that screenwriting is where the money is. In this guide, successful screenwriter and teacher Cynthia Whitcomb shares her extensive knowledge on writing for the screen. This book will teach you her proven techniques, including how to:

• test an idea for its commercial potential
• plan a compelling script
• write great openings and endings
• create characters that grow and evolve
• revise and hone your script to attract Hollywood agents and producers

Includes lists of the best movies to study—and why!

Cynthia Whitcomb has sold more than 70 feature-length screenplays, 25 of which have been filmed. She has made millions of dollars for her work, and her scripts have won and been nominated for many awards, including the Emmy Award, Cable Ace Award, Edgar Allan Poe Award, Humanitas Award, and Writers Guild of America Awards. Her students have also gone on to write successful box-office hits. She has taught screenwriting for many years, including seven at the acclaimed UCLA Film School.

Whitcomb's commercial success and teaching experience make this an essential resource for anyone who wants to write winning scripts for Hollywood.

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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 19, 2007 Type: User Review If you can't even spell screenwriting but want to, read this book!

Top of the line. Easy to read and pleasant-toned in layman's terms. Organized and simple. Demonstrates the usefulness of 3x5 index cards for story-plotting. Tells you how to make good characters, scenes, dialogue, plot, etc. by demonstrating...
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 02, 2007 Type: User Review This book is fantastic!

This book is practical, easy, and very encouraging. Cynthia knows you can do it, and she wants you to try. She gives really solid advice, along with some insightful anecdotes. I've read a lot of screenwriting books and I highly recommend this...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 12, 2007 Type: User Review Quick read; to the point; just read it!

This was both informative and useful. Cynthia's use of examples are few, but powerful and relevant. I have read both this book and Michael Chase Walker's Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development, and if you have to choose one, buy...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 04, 2007 Type: User Review A Great Book!

I'm writing my first screenplay and found this book to be invaluable. Worth its weight in gold.
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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 14, 2007 Type: User Review The best!

I've read other screenplay books, watched videos and this book is the best! Not just telling you what to do but with real world suggestions. She rewrites movie endings for you so you can see how a good movie could have been a great movie. She...
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