Publisher's Synopsis
Write Your Screenplay with the Help of Top Screenwriters!
It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book! Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.
"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."-Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond
The book covers (among other topics):
- Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman ("Capote") on writing real stories
- Tom DiCillio ("Living In Oblivion") on turning a short into a feature
- Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou") on writing for a different time period
- George Romero ("Martin") on writing horror on a budget
- Rebecca Miller ("Personal Velocity") on adapting short stories
- Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator") on adaptations
- Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan") on cheap ways to make it look expensive
- Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know") on making your writing spontaneous
- Alex Cox ("Repo Man") on scaling the script to meet a budget
- Joan Micklin Silver ("Hester Street") on writing history on a budget
- Bob Clark ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things") on mixing humor and horror
- Amy Holden Jones ("Love Letters") on writing romance on a budget
- Henry Jaglom ("Venice/Venice") on mixing improvisation with scripting
- L.M. Kit Carson ("Paris, Texas") on re-writing while shooting
- Academy-Award Winner Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") on script editing
- Roger Nygard ("Suckers") on mixing genres
This is the book for anyone who's serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!
★★★★★
"A perfect read for anyone who wants to write a film script or for anyone who just enjoys watching movies."-Fred Willard, Actor, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman
"This volume is packed full of useful little nuggets of information."-Jonathan Lynn, Director, My Cousin Vinny, Clue, Nuns on the Run, The Whole Nine Yards
"Packed with war stories and savvy advice for beginning screenwriters."-Larry Gross, Screenwriter, 48 hrs., Streets of Fire, True Crime
