For budding screenwriters, this is their go-to, comprehensive, jargon-free guide Break Into Screenwriting, a classic bestseller, guides you through the skills and techniques you need to write for the screen and helps you to navigate this competitive industry. Focusing on every aspect of screenwriting, this book teaches you how to get your break and make a career for yourself as a screenwriter. Informative
A comprehensive guide to the entire screenwriting process Expert
Insightful advice from an experienced script advisor Flexible
Read it straight through, dip in and out or look online Jargon-free
Easy-to-follow, with industry terms explained Useful
An insider's guide to how the industry works Time-saving
Learn something new in just on, give or ten minutes Features: - One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.
- Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the author’s many years of experience.
- Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.
- Extra online articles at teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of screenwriting.
- Includes a foreword by Andrew Davies, screenwriter of Pride and Prejudice, Little Dorrit, and Bridget Jones's Diary.
- Fully updated to include discussion of the most recent films and developments in this fast-moving industry.
Topics Include:
Acknowledgements; introduction; screenplay layout: your visual language; originating your ideas; developing your ideas: from idea to framework; creating your characters; character growth, motivation and conflict; structure; structural variations; 'deep structure'; enhancing emotion; the next step; the actual writing; the craft of the rewrite; the 'finished' item; assembling your portfolio; copyright; agents: what they do, how to get and keep one; adaptations, shorts, soaps, series, sitcoms and collaborations; the industry: how it works and your place in it; your career as a writer; final comments; appendices Ray Frensham
Ray Frensham is the former Chairman of the Screenwriter's Workshop. He is a much sought-after script doctor, writer and lecturer. |
