Now Write! Screenwriting by Sherry Ellis

Now Write! Screenwriting by Sherry Ellis

An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, Lost, True Blood, The Shield, and many other hit films and television shows.

Now Write Screenwriting-the latest addition to the Now Write writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the Oscar-winning Raging Bull, Oscar- nominated Ali, era-defining blockbuster Terminator 2, musical classic Fame, hit series Lost True Blood and The Shield, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, Chicken Run, Reversal of Fortune, Before Sunrise, Mystic Pizza, Indecent Proposal, and many more, to teach the art of the story.

*Learn about why it is sometimes best to write what you don't know from Christina Kim ('Lost')

*Find out how Stephen Rivele (Ali, Nixon) reduces his screenplay ideas down to their most basic elements, and uses that as a writing guide

*Learn why you should focus on your character, not your plot, when digging yourself out of a plot home from Danny Rubin (Groundhog Day)

*Take tips from Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, The Spiderwick Chronicles) on how to give an inanimate object intense emotional significance

*Let Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset) teach you how to stop your internal critic dead in his tracks

This lively and easy-to-read guide will motivate both aspiring and experienced screenwriters. No other screenwriting book offers advice and exercises from this many writers of successful, iconic films.

Laurie Lamson has four entertainment projects in development with producers and many of the videos from her educational and corporate scripts have won multiple awards. As a filmmaker, she has directed the short films Family Values In The Goddess Years and Eternal Waltz, seven mini-documentaries, an award-winning reggae music video, and a tween music video.

Laurie is co-editor of the popular writing exercise anthologies Now Write! Screenwriting, Now Write! Mysteries, and sole editor of Now Write! Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, all published by Tarcher/Penguin. Learn more at NowWrite.net.

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ISBN 13	9781585428519
ISBN 10	1585428515
Title	Now Write! Screenwriting
Author	Sherry Ellis
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Tarcherperigee
Year published	2011-01-06
Number of pages	368
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