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Title: The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier ISBN: 1-879505-44-4 Publisher: Silman-James Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (54 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Invaluable Reference Tool for Screenwriters
Comment: Want to know the difference between "O.S." (off-screen) and "V.O." (voiceover), and when to use each? How about that between "Intercut" and "Match Cut?" Then you want to buy "The Screenwriters Bible," script consultant David Trottier's encyclopedic reference on creating memorable characters, on storytelling, and especially on formatting. I am an optioned writer, who has written several scripts (and TV sitcoms), yet I find Trottier's work an invaluable reference.
"The Screenwriter's Bible" is also useful as a marketing tool, especially his sample project plan and action plan, which all writers will find useful as a template. Remember, your great spec script is a business proposal as much as anything else, for a project which will run well into 8 figures, in most cases. Approach it with the same care and attention to detail that you would if you were trying to sell your garage software development firm to Microsoft.
Unlike many "How-to" screenwriting books, Trottier's sample query letters are actually quite entertaining. If I were a Hollywood suit, I'd bite at the sample "Wizard of Oz" example.
This book won't tell you how to write a great story (that's something that really can't be taught), but it will help you get the mechanics of the trade down. There are many terrible scripts which have been made into movies, but virtually all of them (even those starring Pauly Shore) get the details correct.
In summation, if I had to pick just one screenwriting book, this would be my first choice.
Rating: 5
Summary: It's the perfect tool !
Comment: Interested in Screenwriting ? This is the book to read.It's easy to read, and will help you today and tomorrow aswell.I am not sure you need to read another book after this one.It's complete and make easier all the screenwriting tasks. The only thing you need now, is the GREAT idea :) Good luck !
Rating: 2
Summary: Examples, no simplistic worksheets
Comment: I own this book, and it's terrible. Many of the so-called examples are extraordinarily simplistic. The likes of which I'd not seen since grade school. No joke!
And, perhaps most remarkably, there are no real worksheets given to help write. A far better choice for beginners is The Screenplay Workbook: The Writing Before the Writing, by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan. It will give you a much stronger set of story creation tools, including some excellent worksheets on plot structure, and has plenty of worksheets to start your writing. But whatever you do, avoid The Screenwriter's Bible.
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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: Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger ISBN: 0805011714 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee ISBN: 0060391685 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: How to Write a Selling Screenplay by Christopher Keane ISBN: 0767900715 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 13 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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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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