The Coffee Break Screenwriter (eBook)

Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time - 2nd Edition

Pilar Alessandra (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016 | 2. Auflage
342 Seiten
Michael Wiese Productions (Verlag)
978-1-61593-254-2 (ISBN)

Infos

The writer receives guidance and tips at every stage of the often intimidating writing process with a relaxed, “ten minutes at a time” method that focuses the writer and pushes him or her forward. At each step, writers are encouraged to “Take Ten” and tackle an element of their script using the templates and tools provided. “What You’ve Accomplished” sections help writers review their progress. And “Ten-Minute Lectures” distill and demystify old school theory, allowing the writer to unblock and get writing.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: The Story

Emotion tells the story / Character flaw tells the story / The world tells the story / Premise tells the story / Secondary ­characters tell the story / Complication tells the story / Synopsizing tells the story / Resolution tells the story / Plot and character elements tell the story / You tell the story

Chapter 2: The Structure

Feature structure made simple / TV pilot structure made simple / Organizing your story / The structure sheet

Chapter 3: The Outline

The eight-sequence beat sheet / The beat-sheet rewrite / The scene list / Scene brainstorming / Finding scenes through setup and payoff

Chapter 4: The Characters

Character biography / Character makes an entrance / Character rules / Creating great antagonists

Chapter 5: The First Draft

Scene intention / Quicky format / The speed draft / Script development: add new scenes / Script development: build on existing scenes / Script development: add your voice

Chapter 6: The Dialogue

Verbal agenda / Verbal strategy / Dialogue as a game / Finding character voice

Chapter 7: The Rewrite

The concept pass / The structure pass / The story pass / The scene pass / The character pass / The dialogue pass / The format pass / The element pass / The holistic pass

Chapter 8: The Craft

The placement of action lines / Choreography in action lines / Fight scenes / Emotional action lines / The “tell” of the scene / The button / Scene transitions / Narrative devices / Character and setting descriptions / Essence plus action / Tonal writing

Chapter 9: The Final Edit

Story intention edit / Genre intention edit / Line cut edit / Scene trimming edit / The general edit

Chapter 10: The Presentation

Print and bind / Protect your material / Pitch your script / The personal pitch / Marketing materials

Chapter 11: The Opportunity

Networking / New media / Video games, game shows, promos, and reality TV / What if they like me? / The long pitch

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-61593-254-2 / 1615932542
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61593-254-2 / 9781615932542