TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Steele, Alexander.
AU  - Steele,Alexander
ED  - Gotham Writers' Workshop.
TI  - Writing movies: the practical guide for creating stellar screenplays 
SN  - 159691145X (alk. paper)
U1  - 808.2/3 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Motion picture authorship
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Screenwriting: inventing a myth / Alexander Steele -- Plot: the path of action / Daniel Noah -- Chart of major events -- Characters: the lifeblood / Paul Zimmerman -- Page: words that move / John Glenn -- Scenes: exploring and exploding moments / Tal McThenia -- Beat Sheet -- Dialogue: making more of less / Michael Eldridge -- Subplots: a side of story / Helen Kaplan -- Plot II: like a roller coaster / Tommy Jenkins -- Tone and theme: the overlay and underlay / Jason Greiff - - Revision: from rough to ready / Amy Fox -- Business: slipping past the velvet rope / Christopher  Momenee -- Format guide -- Glossary -- Cheat sheet
N2  - From the Publisher: To break into the screenwriting game,  you need a screenplay that is not just good, but great.  Writing Movies provides everything you need to know to  reach this level. Inside you'll find: Explanations of the  fundamental elements of screenwriting craft (plot,  character, scenes, etc.); insight into such crucial (but  seldom discussed) topics as description, voice, tone, and  theme; analysis of five brilliant screenplays--Die Hard,  Thelma & Louise, Tootsie, Sideways, and The Shawshank  Redemption; strategies for breaking into the business; a  guide to screenwriting format; assignments that  strengthen your command of screenwriting craft; step-by- step tasks that take you from rough idea to polished  script; and tie-ins to supplementary material at the  book's website
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