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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch Paperback - 2011

by Jeffrey Schechter

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Offering a systematic approach for aspiring and working screenwriters, "My Story Can Beat Up Your Story" helps writers create professional, sellable stories that work for every genre. The book features examples from more than 70 movies.

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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story! is the same powerful, easy-to-learn system that industry insiders have used to generate millions of dollars in script sales and ?assignments. In a clear, step-by-step fashion, this book is a fun, eye-opening, ?brain-expanding, and often irreverent guide to writing stories that sell. Covering everything from Heroes to Villains, from Theme to Plot Points, from cooking up good ideas to a business plan for smart writers, this book forever eliminates that horrible feeling every writer goes through -- staring at the blank page and wondering "what comes next?"

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  • Title My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch
  • Author Jeffrey Schechter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA, USA
  • Publication date 2011-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9781932907933 / 1932907939
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture authorship
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011002511
  • Dewey Decimal Code 808.23

About the author

Jeffrey Alan Schechter was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, which explains his endearing personality. After moving to Los Angeles and not wanting to starve, he quickly established himself as a versatile writer, able to work in all genres from action films to family comedies, from pre-school to adult drama, from live action to animation. His writing has earned him nominations for two Emmy awards, a Writers Guild of America award, a Writer's Guild of Canada award, and a BAFTA award. Over the years Jeff has worked with dozens of studios and networks including Warner Bros, Universal Pictures, ABC, NBC, The Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, The Hallmark Channel, the BBC, VH1 Films, RHI, and The Walt Disney Company.

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