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I have just got this book and it is apsolutly amazing. It is very helpful and very exciting to read. I have been reading this book whenever I get the chance how great it is. I recommend it to anyone who wants to be a screenplay writer or even reader.
Format and contend. Till now I bought lots of screenwriting books. At first sight you can find the contend part too short or too shallow. I can say "fully successful" only for this title. It's consist of two main units. But believe me he says everything in short and simple. He leaves nothing back to say.
Ok, I have to admit it, one of the things that I loved about this book was that the author wasn't trying to teach me 'how to write,' but how to avoid bad writing. One thing I took from this book was how to avoid looking like an amature, the best way to do that, is to know what you're doing. some other reviews here have suggested not reading this until you've finished you're screenplay, but I found this book to be a great help in finishing a screenplay I'd been struggling with for a couple years. The author sets some great ground rules, and gives many examples of how they are followed or broken to good or detrimental effect. Some have complained about the number and length of screenplay samples throughout the book, but I think it all goes back to one of the author's final points; if you want to learn to write screenplays, you need to READ screenplays, good and bad. by the end of this book, you should have learned a great deal, both from the authors advise, as well as from example.
Directors, Producers, and Actors follow scripts as a map, what they do along the travel is out of your hands. You cannot take it personal.
Because of this book. I have actively been sought out by local amateur film directors and producers to "fix" screenplays written by literary writers.
INT-CUBICLE IN OFFICE BUILDING, HIGH FLOORS-DAY. He has read more screenplays than I will ever write or fix, but he's correct when he makes the assessment that others will read your work, make changes, add different music, change scene times/locations.
Flinn's tone gets a lil' preachy, but he's trying to drive home one fact: Writing screenplays is a formula. Anything else is a Novella.
You are releasing your "baby" into the world, but others will make the path it takes. END
I am a true beginer at the screenwriting sceen and of course ran out and bought four books on screenwriting. This book is a wealth of information. The best part is you can go through your script and see what would make an executive reader throw it away. Great buy.
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