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Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths–and the tricks–of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his own, and citing examples from movies ranging from Casablanca and Lethal Weapon to Sling Blade and The English Patient, he discusses how to create … More >> How to Write a Selling Screenplay

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• Written by a top Hollywood script analyst • From computer screen to silver screen in clear, easy-to-follow stepsThey say in LA everybody is writing a screenplay. With The Perfect Screenplay, everybody everywhere will be writing well-presented, saleable screenplays. Packed with tips from an insider on how Hollywood operates, testing script ideas, building structure, and marketing the final screenplay, this book is the key to getting work read and sold. A resou… More >>
The Perfect Screenplay: Writing It and Selling It

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If you’ve got a half-finished screenplay in the drawer, these two unflaggingly optimistic additions to the how-to literature will make you want to dig it out and get to work. Aimed at beginners, both are by academics who not only teach the subject, but are professional screenwriters themselves. In agreement on most of the basic points, each gives a solid discussion of the craftcharacters, story development, etc.and industry; lays out the all-important details of (more…)

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The up-to-date, acclaimed guide to writing and selling screenplays to today’s film and TV markets. This is the new screenwriter’s bible…. More >>
Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to

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How does a spec script differ from a shooting script? What kind of fasteners should one use to bind a script? How did the term MOS come to mean without sound? You’ll find the answers to these pressing questions and much more in David Trottier’s eminently usable Screenwriter’s Bible. The avuncular Trottier–a writer-producer, script consultant, and seminar leader–has written a friendly guide through the Hollywood morass. He touts it as six books in one: it’s (more…)