The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting
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The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting

The Goals, Failures, and Stakes Model of Narrative Storytelling

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The GoFaSt Guide To Screenwriting

The Goals, Failures, and Stakes Model of Narrative Storytelling

About this book

Creator of the GoFaSt Model, author Greg Takoudes introduces a comprehensive study of the structural models of screenwriting and provides readers with an adaptive framework for writing successful scripts.

With a new approach which reframes discussions and offers alternatives to students and writers who find conventional models creatively constricting, Takoudes draws from both teaching and professional experience to provide a new model of screenwriting that is designed to be adaptive to various types of scripts. The book is structured in three parts. First, it introduces the GoFast Model – allowing for less orthodox writers to keep their unique voices by breaking scripts down into smaller parts and encouraging more flexibility to write in an organized way, without feeling stifled. Second, the book explores several writing scenarios – featuring the practical uses of the model and a step-by-step script structure spanning chapters on a horror, superhero, and heist movie. Third, it concludes with detailed case studies exploring how the GoFaSt Model can be applied to break down scripts including Get Out, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, and Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

It is an ideal text for screenwriting students and aspiring screenwriters interested in learning how working writers put structural models into practice, as well professional screenwriters, producers, and development executives looking for new ways to think about writing, feedback, and development.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780367693701
eBook ISBN
9781000992526

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. 1 An Introduction
  7. 2 Goals
  8. 3 Failures
  9. 4 Stakes
  10. 5 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Horror Movie
  11. 6 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Superhero Movie
  12. 7 GoFaSt Exercise: Writing a Sample Heist Movie
  13. 8 GoFaSt Case Study: There Will Be Blood
  14. 9 GoFaSt Case Study: Get Out
  15. 10 GoFaSt Case Study: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  16. 11 GoFaSt Case Study: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
  17. 12 Conclusion
  18. Index