Complete Screenwriting Course
eBook - ePub

Complete Screenwriting Course

A complete guide to writing, developing and marketing a script for TV or film

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Complete Screenwriting Course

A complete guide to writing, developing and marketing a script for TV or film

About this book

Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you'll ever read.Practical exercises will teach you the craft of writing for film and television, both mainstream and independent, the art of building your own plots, characters, dialogue and scenes. It gives you the skills you need to succeed and helps you critique your own work, meaning that at every step of the writing process you'll be producing the best scripts you can.This book is filled with essential writing tools, including techniques for overcoming writer's block and how to find your unique voice. You will learn how to pitch and get your work optioned, how to work as part of a team and how to make the best use of social media - in all a comprehensive companion that you will keep coming back to as your career develops.ABOUT THE SERIES
The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their stories. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises, and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community, at tyjustwrite.com, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contents 
  6. About the author
  7. List of figures
  8. 1 How to use this book
  9. 2 Getting into gear
  10. 3 Finding your spark – the premise
  11. 4 Finding your genre
  12. 5 Engagement and insight – developing your characters
  13. 6 The character constellation for single stories and series
  14. 7 Act One – normality and disaster
  15. 8 Act Two – the project
  16. 9 Act Three – the final battle
  17. 10 The treatment – fanning the flames
  18. 11 Troubleshooting treatments
  19. 12 Scenes and sequences – the building blocks of a story
  20. 13 Hearing voices – creating dialogue
  21. 14 Writing the descriptions – adding pictures and sounds
  22. 15 Learning to fly – writing the first draft
  23. 16 Troubleshooting the first draft
  24. 17 Revising structure – the first edit
  25. 18 Revising subplots – adding texture to the story
  26. 19 Playing with time – flashbacks and non-linear stories
  27. 20 Series, multiple-act, no-act and other unusual structures
  28. 21 Revising character – increasing audience engagement
  29. 22 Redrafting scenes – building story energy
  30. 23 Rewriting dialogue – clarifying and sharpening
  31. 24 Rewriting descriptions – adding screen values
  32. 25 The final polish – the difference that makes the difference
  33. 26 Preparing to go to market
  34. 27 Pitching and query letters
  35. 28 Success – building your career
  36. Appendix 1: ‘Three ways’ pages
  37. Appendix 2: Screenplay format
  38. Appendix 3: Planning charts
  39. Appendix 4: Glossary
  40. Appendix 5: Resources
  41. Copyright