Screenplay Workbook: The Writing Before the Writing
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Product Description
An instructional manual combined with proprietary worksheets, charts and fill-in lists designed to give screenwriters a better way to focus on the task of writing a screenplay…. More >>
Screenplay Workbook: The Writing Before the Writing
Don’t buy this book. It is useless. Honestly the worst book on screenwriting I ever read.
Rating: 1 / 5
Here is one of the best examples of a waste of paper I’ve
recently encountered. Many of the “worksheets” are actually
little more than simplistic forms — like the kind you were
given to do your homework on back in grade school.
A good example of this is the Plot Points worksheet. It consists
of three large, empty boxes. Calling this piece of paper a
worksheet takes the business of euphemism-making to new heights.
The other worksheets fare little better, ranging in quality from
the mediocre to the middling.
More remarkable is that the book lacks actual movie examples.
This striking deficiency demonstrates just how lazy an effort
this book represents.
For screenwriting novices who have successfully graduated
kindergarten, skip The Screenplay Workbook in favor of Dave
Trottier’s Screenwriter’s Bible. It’s a billion times better. On
the other hand, if you’re in kindergarten, maybe this workbook
is the right choice for you. Crayons recommended but not
included.
Rating: 2 / 5
Simply the best book I’ve ever seen! I wish I had this book when I was in school! Go out and get it now!
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s interesting that the fella from Canada used an almost duplicate criticism of The Screenwriter’s Bible. Obviously, he has another agenda then providing constructive criticism.
Rating: 4 / 5
Co-written by Jeremy Robinson and Tom Mungovan (a pair of experienced and knowledgeable screenplay writers who currently have two of their own projects currently in pre-production), The Screenplay Workbook: The Writing Before The Writing is a superbly “user friendly” instruction manual to all aspects of writing in the strict screenplay format. In place of an overabundance of instructions and dialogue, The Screenplay Workbook keeps its narrative advice brief and to the point, as well as packing its pages with character development worksheets, character arc worksheets, scene worksheets, plot structure worksheets, and more. The Screenplay Workbook is confidently recommended as an especially useful guide for novice and aspiring screenplay writers looking for organizational and creative tools to craft projects that will succeed in being produced for a viewing public.
Rating: 5 / 5