Screenwriting Tips, You Hack : Crash the Hollywood Gates.

Screenwriting Tip #99 Voice-over usually feels like scaffolding. You know-something you left in there when you were constructing the first draft, but really should have torn out after it served its purpose. Screenwriting Tip #120 Always remember that funny trumps everything. Your script could be wri...

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Main Author: Bennett, Xander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Screenwriting Tips, You Hack: 150 Practical Pointersfor Becominga Better Screenwriter; Copyright; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: FADE IN: Before You Put Digits to Keyboard; Chapter 2: No Idea: Concept Is King; Chapter 3: Rebel without a Plan: Outlining Is the Best Present You Can Give Your Future Self; Chapter 4: Inciting Incident: Away We Go; Chapter 5: Structure: Learn the Rules or Get Off the Field; Chapter 6: Description and Word Choice: Say What You Mean; Chapter 7: Your Protagonist: The Most Interesting Girl in the Room.
  • Chapter 8: Showing Character: Surprises, Sock Puppets, and Bad, Bad MenChapter 9: Dialog: We Need to Talk; Chapter 10: Genre: Waiter, There's a Comedy in My Thriller; Chapter 11: Productivity: Writing Equals Ass on Chair (So Buy a Decent Chair); Chapter 12: The Dark Point: Why Are You Doing This Again?; Chapter 13: Advanced Structure: Getting from Good to Great; Chapter 14: Rewriting: Now the Real Work Begins; Chapter 15: Common Mistakes: Don't Be That Guy; Chapter 16: Extremely Specific Mistakes: Hey You! Yes, You; Chapter 17: Selling Yourself: Loglines, Queries, and Managers.
  • Chapter 18: Fade Out: Why We WriteAfterword; Appendix: How to Cover a Screenplay.