The Screenwriter's Workbook (Revised Edition)

The Screenwriter's Workbook (Revised Edition)
by Syd Field

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Author: Syd Field
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-31
ISBN: 0385339046
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Delta

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This is a great book if you want to know how to format screenplays and any other questions you might have about actually writing one. Great resource.

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Summary of The Screenwriter's Workbook (Revised Edition)

At last! The classic screenwriting workbook-now completely revised and updated-from the celebrated lecturer, teacher, and bestselling author, Syd Field: "the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world"*

No one knows more about screenwriting than Syd Field-and now the ultimate Hollywood insider shares his secrets and expertise, completely updating his bestselling workbook for a new generation of screenwriters. Filled with new material-including fresh insights and anecdotes from the author and analyses of films from Pulp Fiction to Brokeback Mountain-The Screenwriter's Workbook is your very own hands-on workshop, the book that allows you to participate in the processes that have made Syd Field's workshops invaluable to beginners and working professionals alike. Follow this workbook through
to the finish, and you'll end up with a complete and salable script!

Learn how to:
. Define the idea on which your script will be built
. Create the model-the paradigm-that professionals use
. Bring your characters to life
. Write dialogue like a pro
. Structure your screenplay for success from the crucial first pages to the final act

Here are systematic instructions, easy-to-follow exercises, a clear explanation of screenwriting basics, and expert advice at every turn-all the moment-to-moment, line-by-line help you need to transform your initial idea into a professional screenplay that's earmarked for success.

The Perfect Companion Volume to Syd Field's Revised and Updated Edition of Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

*Hollywood Reporter

Screenplays, according to Field, are not so much written as they are built, and in this book he provides a clear explanation of what raw materials are needed to assemble the modern Hollywood movie script.In this cogently constructed workbook--one of the standards in the industry--Field elucidates the strict three-act structure of screenplays, talks about the nature of character, describes what plot points are and where they must fall, and provides exercises to help the screenwriter take an idea from the first germ of a concept, to outline, to rewritten script.

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