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Screenwriting Is Storytelling

Screenwriting Is Storytelling Creating an A-List Screenplay That Sells

Paperback (05 Oct 2004)

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Publisher's Synopsis

While most screenwriting books focus on format and structure, Kate Wright explains how to put story at the center of a screenplay. A compelling story, complete with intriguing characters and situations created with these screenwriting tricks of the trade can become a box office blockbuster film.

Screenwriters will learn:

- Developing themes within the plot
- Using structure to define the story
- Creating memorable characters
- Establishing moral dilemmas and conflicts
- Achieving classic elements of storytelling in a three-act dramatic structure
- Mastering different genres

About the Publisher

Perigee Books

Perigee Books, originally created as the trade paperback imprint for G. P. Putnam's Sons, has featured an eclectic range of titles from virtually every category of publishing, both fiction and nonfiction. One of the earliest, William Golding's Lord of the Flies, is now the only work of fiction on the list. Perigee's publishing program has evolved to fulfill its mandate to be useful, useless, creative, and curious. Publishing in both hardcover and paperback formats (as well as original eBooks), Perigee features a range of prescriptive non-fiction, self-help and how-to books, guides to creativity, and popular reference. The list also features a line of illustrated gift and craft books.

Book information

ISBN: 9780399530241
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint: Perigee Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.23
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 261
Weight: 313g
Height: 230mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 20mm