The Bare Bones Book of Screenwriting: The Definitive Beginner's Guide to Story, Format, and Business

TheBare Bones Book of Screenwritingis one of the most authoritative, popularand useful books on screenwriting, written by a USC Cinema-Televisionalumni with several sold, optioned, produced and award winningscreenplays.Using a 'let's-get-down-to-brass-tacks' approachit focuseson the essentials of screenwriting:creative, technical and business principles. For teens, college students and beginners of all ages, this easy to understand filmmaking resource provides screenplay tools to help with feature film writing, short screenplays andTV scripts:script formatting, screenplay outlines, contest and competitions, writing thesynopsis, treaments,story development, the hero's journey,three act structure, book adaptations, character, dialogue, structure, plot, mechanics, comedy writing,selling a screenplay, screenwriting agents and managers, working with producers, directors and more. Referred to in the industry as the bootcamp for screenwriters this is one tool any aspiring screenwriter needs in their toolbelt.

An all in one guide to writing screenplays that sell for beginners and intermediate writers. Film school is expensive, and won't give you real world experience.The lessons willteach you the correct format and storytelling rules, tricks and mistakes to avoid when writing your screenplay. Any film or TVwriter can benefit as it walks the reader through creating a professional industry standard Hollywood screenplay to attract agents and filmmakers. Students, non WGA and WGA members use this for help during outlining and writing screenplays.

Film school or college can only teach an aspiringfilm writerso much. Thisscreenwriter's bible offers trade secrets and education only found by working as a professional screenwriter.