Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great
Posted by adminNov 14
Product Description
A lifetime member of the Writer’s Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed…. More >>
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great
I just got coverage back on my screenplay from a major writing competition. Before submitting, I made some rewrites to accommodate the tips this book told me to use to make my screenplay better. The screenplay got marked down in ratings BECAUSE of the things this book told me to do! Major lesson here? This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I’m throwing the book in the trash! What a waste of money!
Rating: 1 / 5
I don’t know beans about screenwriting – and I really couldn’t care less. But Akers cleverly entertains and enlightens – and earns a place on every reading list. “Your Screenplay Sucks!” should be required reading in corporate offices everywhere (and no, not just Chapter 61.) Put it on your night stand and read it for fun!
Rating: 5 / 5
Fantastic book. Read it. Learn it. Live it. Or FAIL. Any questions? Finally, someone took the time to help you FIX a script, instead of wasting 10 chapters on something Final Draft, or Movie Magic does for you! It doesn’t waste time with theory, or other BS. If you are SERIOUS about writing, and have a completed screenplay (that is even remotely commercially viable) this book will help. Unless of course you have a highly exaggerated sense of self, and think you don’t need the advice of Mr. Akers. (In which case, stay out of the fast lane, and have fun watching MY films!
Rating: 5 / 5
Book in excellent condition – quickly shipped – a good all-around experience. Would definitely buy more books from these folks!
Rating: 5 / 5
I have to respectfully disagree with the majority of the reviewers here. This book was so basic that I can’t imagine it helping anyone but beginning screenwriters. Most of the “100 ways” are, to me, pretty obvious. If you’ve never written a screenplay, or if you’ve written a few and are having trouble, this book might help. But if you’re farther along, maybe you’ve gotten a few options or even had a script produced and still want some expert advice, I’d recommend Tanya York’s HOW TO MAKE MONEY MAKING MOVIES, or Jennifer Lerch’s 500 WAYS TO BEAT THE HOLLYWOOD SCRIPT READER. So, buy Mr. Akers’ book if you’re just starting out — but if so, be sure you also read David Trottier’s THE SCREENWRITER’S BIBLE.
Rating: 2 / 5