How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make (Paperback)
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Amazon.com ReviewHow Not to Write a Screenplay is an invaluable addition to any aspiring screenwriter’s shelf–and you’d best make the shelf within arm’s reach of the computer. Author Dean Martin Flinn, an experienced script reader, details the common rookie mistakes that drive script readers crazy. Flinn makes no pretense of being able to teach anyone how to write the next Great American Film–or for that matter the next Stupid Summer Blockbuster. Instead he offers information that w (more…)
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Nesessary– oops, I mean “Necessary”
You’re looking at this book, so I’m guessing your either a writer or you are considering writing a screenplay.
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Now Not To Write A Screenplay
Fantastic. Who’d expect a book about screenwriting to be a page turner? Or even humorous? It’s both, but is also loaded with practical, hands on, nitty-gritty stuff.
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After reading How Not to Write a Screenplay I entered my very first screenwriting contest….
and made it to the semi-finals. But there is good news and bad news.
I got feedback from two reviewers.
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Covers Many Essentials Forgotten Elsewhere
After you’ve read Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting and The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script, you’re about 90% set…
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Best for more intermediate level screenwriters
I found the book extremely helpful – but I would NOT recommend for beginning screenwriters.
I’ve written almost 3 screenplays, and had them critiqued in class.
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The Difference
I agree with another reviewer. This is better to read while you’re in the middle of your first screenplay, or after you’ve written it.
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A good book, but just good.
While this book does tell you some of the basic stuff it takes not to write your script, it also goes back and forth and gives examples of bad scripts and then good scripts doing…
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A good read!
This guy is funny. I burned through this book in short order. A little heavy on the inclusion of other writers work, but it does illustrate his points.
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Less negative than I hoped, but very effective.
The writing examples used in this book were mostly from quality scripts, when I expected the book to focused on tearing apart bad scripts.
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An absolute must read for aspiring screenwriters.
This book is a MUST READ for those of you out there that want to write a screenplay. It is not a book on how to write a good movie, it’s a book on how not to write a bad movie…