The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
by Field, Syd
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- ISBN 10
- 0440504910
- ISBN 13
- 9780440504917
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All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to:-Understand what makes great stories work-Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models-Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight-Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does-Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block foreverFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Title
- The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
- Author
- Field, Syd
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0440504910
- ISBN 13
- 9780440504917
- Publisher
- Dell Pub Co, 1998.
- Place of Publication
- New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- 1998-02-17
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