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The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay: How to Write Great Screenplays for Movies and Television | 
 enlarge | Author: Cynthia Whitcomb
Publisher: The Writer Books
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 26015
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 220
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0871161915
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780871161918
ASIN: 0871161915
Publication Date: March 1, 2002
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Product Description
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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All you need in screenplay writing resources June 22, 2009
S. Walker (Detroit, Michigan USA)
This book is very good and very helpful for the beginning screenplay writer. I benefited greatly from its contents.
Great Book May 11, 2009
Valerie B. Spargo (Maryland, USA)
I bought this book for my daughter in college. The book is easy to read and she has been able to teach herself how to write a screenplay. The tips in the book are most helpful and have helped her to organize her thoughts and put them onto paper.
Let's add another 5 star review October 9, 2008
Roy Kirkland
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is brilliant - the layout, execution and even the sentence crafting make it easy for anyone to believe "I can do this!" I'll have to acknowledge the author when I'm accepting the Oscar - LOL.
If you can't even spell screenwriting but want to, read this book! December 18, 2007
G. Jennings (Outside)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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 good and bad examples in movies that we are very familiar with. Simplifies the Three Act Movie formula by telling you how many minutes in the movie you should be starting your act and the significance of each act.
Additionally, the book demonstrates correct formatting for a screenplay, explains screenwriting terminology, explains the "& vs and" in writing credits. Explains certain dos and dont's with your script when presenting to a agent/producer. Whitcomb also tells how she started off as a preacher's daughter who was not allowed to watch TV and ended up becoming a successful screenwriter. She's a prime example of starting from square zero and proves you don't need to know someone in hollywood in order to make it big.
For all beginners--read this book first!
This book is fantastic! December 1, 2007
Allison (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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 one. It'll get you going!
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