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Title: Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting by Skip Press ISBN: 0-02-863944-8 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 16 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Reference Book for any Screenwriter
Comment: there is information in it which is undispensible like many websites listed offering newsletters and stuff like that. Not only for the beginner it's helpful but also for an advanced screenwriter. Of course, one should read other books about creative- and screenwriting - as many as possible, in order to help structure ones phantasy. But this still is the one I always come back to when in need of substantial information. It offers for example a simple structere to put a screenplay in the right format, although I would recommend one of the software programs with additional advantages - but - it is not necessary for a beginner. The advice regarding this item (of many others) in Skip Press's book is sufficient for the time when one starts - and this is much more than many other books offer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Aspiring Screenwriter's Bible
Comment: Skip Press does an excellant job in not only educating you on the process of writing, but in inspiring you to look beyond conventions. I found it easy to follow and entertaining (a first!) and refer to it often. I recommend this book to anyone seriously considering a career in screenwriting!
Rating: 5
Summary: Skip's book is ideal for beginners
Comment: One has to assume that to buy a 'Beginner's Guide' automatically places that person on the remainder of the world that does not know about Screenwriting. Indeed, I knew next to nothing about screenwriting but wanted to know more.
Skip doesn't pull any punches about the industry. There are lessons hard learnt for those who would like to try and bend other people's rules for submissions. And there are plenty of other tips about screenwriting which seem contrary to the ways and workings of this modern digital world -- that is, in the eyes of the non-screenwriter.
Other pointers mentioned within are there to help us write i) a script and ii) a good script. Tools, contacts, online resources and plenty of references to movies and their plot styles add to the depth of the introductory information that needs to be assimilated in order to get an overview of screenwriting.
There is no doubt that a book will not turn a person into a screenwriter as it is the person's own drive, ambition and writing skill that makes for success. Those who want to learn about the screenwriting trade would do well to order and read this book whether it is for writing or just for education.
Yeah! I've got a story in the works, and yeah, I'm a lazy type with a short attention span and shorter memory. What counts for me is that when I get off my hands and start writing as if my life depends on it I've got the book right here that'll take me from beginning to end.
This one is worth the bucks. It certainly inspired me to look at getting some ideas on paper. That is where all these movies and TV programs come from, after all. As for being a complete idiot, well, I've certainly qualified for that role a few times before.
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Title: Screenwriting for Dummies by Laura Schellhardt, John Logan ISBN: 0764554867 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 02 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier ISBN: 1879505444 Publisher: Silman-James Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make by Denny Martin Flinn ISBN: 1580650155 Publisher: Lone Eagle Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: How to Write Movie in 21 Days by Viki King ISBN: 0062730665 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 31 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Filmmaking by Joanne Parrent ISBN: 0028643402 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 07 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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