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Making a Good Script Great | 
 enlarge | Author: Linda Seger
Publisher: Samuel French
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  63 reviews
Sales Rank: 58358
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Sub
Pages: 242
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0573699216
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780573699214
ASIN: 0573699216
Publication Date: November 1994
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Product Description
Covers the complete screenwriting process from first draft through shooting draft.
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 Seriously Brilliant May 24, 2009
Tia Keens (London)
Linda's book is simply brilliant. The panacea to writers' block, particularly structure block and everything else.
Unbelievable.
A must read for all screenwriters. October 20, 2007
James Cage
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was referred, by a professional screenwriter, to read this book. Making of a Good Script by Linda Seger is a must read for all screenwriters.
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Do you really want to write screenplays? October 2, 2007
Whamo (San Clemente, California)
If so, you will love this book. As someone who reads all the books I can on screenwriting over and over as I write, I find this book invaluable. What separates it from the others? The chapters on subplots and scenes really help. I also have found Rob Tobin's book, John Truby's course, Kate Wright's book, Blake Snyder's book, Michael Hauge and Chris Vogler's DVD/books instruction to be helpful. These books don't just tell you to reveal character and move the story forward; they show you how.
 Kind of boring, but good information June 27, 2007
Docintherock (Denver, CO)
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
Linda Seger teaches or taught script writing at some school somewhere. She loves to tell you this in her book. I don't think she actually ever wrote any movies in her life that I can tell. According to the Internet Movie Database she was listed under Miscellaneous Crew in the "Never Ending Story II: The Next Chapter". Not exactly a block buster. So I think she should work a little harder on her craft. My guess is that she has made more money teaching and writing about movies than actually writing a movie. She is listed as script consultant in some random movies I've never heard of. Probably worth the $3 I paid used but not much more. Here's a tip for the author. Go write a movie we've heard of and then write a book.
Polish Your Hollywood Star September 21, 2006
Stanley D. Williams, Ph.D. (Northville, MI USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Reading a screenwriting book by Dr. Linda Seger is like taking a hundred meetings with Hollywood's best writers and directors, and listening in as Seger helps them mold their stories and scripts into a hit. Seger's experiences are vast, and she's generous with her advice, which is smart, visual, commercial, and practical. If you do what she says, your chances at selling and getting your screenplay made are tremendously magnified. Making a Good Script Great, for instance, is one of those books that every screenwriter should read (again-and-again) before starting the next project. A good screenplay is complex and sophisticated, but must read simply, easily, and enjoyably. The task is a multifaceted, intense, and long-suffering. Seger, however, provides the chisels and rouges to take your diamond in the rough, sharpen its edges, and polish its faces, until your script gleams and sparkles like a Hollywood star.
Linda's writing was helpful in the writing of my own book on screenwriting published by Michael Wiese Productions -- THE MORAL PREMISE: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success.
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