How to Write a Movie in 21 Days
by Viki King
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Author: Viki KingEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1993-12-31
ISBN: 0062730665
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Collins
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Book Review: Makes the task doable
Summary: 5 Stars
How do you write a script in 21 days, while you're reading the book on how to do it? King gives exercises to find your inner story and get it down before your inner critic has a chance to sabotage the project. She shares tips on recognizing how your life issues play into your themes, the mechanics of script writing, how to deal with writers block, and life issues for being a screenwriter and living with one, or how to be pleasant while you're wresting your life story to paper. It isn't intended to be the comprehensive manual. Instead it takes the mortal fear out of getting the job done, so you can get on with being an artist. King presents the material in a light approach that never gets in the way. You can actually read the book while completing your script within several weeks. I did it, and never felt pressure or creative agony (I did cheat, adapting a book I wanted to get to screenplay). The first time is the hardest; after that it's only as agonizing as having your toenails removed via pliers. Have fun.
Summary of How to Write a Movie in 21 Days
The ultimate survival guide, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days takes the aspiring screenwriter the shortest distance from blank page to complete script.Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in the writer's onto the page. This method guides the would-be screenwriter through the writing of a movie. It answers such questions as:
- How to clarify the idea you don't quite have yet
- How to tell if your idea is really a movie
- How to move from what you want to say saying it
- How to stop getting ready and start
Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it. It also addresses such issues as:
- How to pay the rent while paying your dues
- What to say to your spouse when you can't come to bed
- How to keep going when you think you can't
Foraccomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.
No book can find your ideas for you, but this one provides a great service in helping you discover and develop a story, and to come up with the completed script. King helps you learn to think cinematically, in the language of the movies, and to keep asking the essential questions as they work: What's the story? Who is the story about? Do you care about the characters? Does anyone? King also tries to help you survive not just the structural pitfalls that can derail a script, but also the mental or emotional whirlpools that can prevent any artist from finishing a project.
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