Learn Screenwriting: From Start to Adaptation to Pro Advice - Paperback

by Sally J. Walker (Author)

• LEARN SCREENWRITING is about evolving cinematic creativity

On your own With a Group In a Class

Part One's "Intro to Screenwriting" will answer questions like . . .

• Have you ever had an idea for a movie?
• Why did one movie work and another didn't?

You will start characterizing for Actors . . . Plan Main Plot and Subplots . . . Practice crisp Dialogue and vivid Narrative . . . Write a Feature Screenplay . . . Consider Genre Storytelling . . . Polish the first draft . . . Discover Hollywood marketing

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Part Two's "Book-to-Film Adaptation" will answer questions like . . .

• Have you read a novel you could visualize as a movie?
• What has to be included while other parts ignored?

You will analyze prose for visuals . . . Characterize for inherent dramatic personality . . . Learn to focus plot events . . . Motivate collaborators . . . Identify iconic stories

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Part Three's Hollywood experienced screenwriters answer questions like . . .

• How do the professionals write?
• How can new writers tap into Hollywood?

You will discover Blake Snyder & Christopher Vogler's storytelling principles, character development, plotting . . . Learn revision . . . Investigate Hollywood marketing and challenges