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Intended for aspiring screenwriters, this is a surprisingly refreshing and entertaining how-to audiobook that tackles the medium of film. A long-time educator and respected expert in the field, Achtenberg approaches his topic from a position of deep understanding, producing a guide that at times reads like a philosophical treatise but for the healthy dose of wit and humor throughout. Indispensable for serious students of film and screenwriting, this audiobook will also prove a pleasingly insightful listen for movie aficionados and enthusiasts alike.

Each eye-wateringly funny script in this book is based on real life events featuring Sting, Jim Berryman and related characters. It is set in 60s and 70s Newcastle before Sting rose to fame as the frontman of the band The Police.

John Gaspard's More Popcorn Principles: The Sequel! (Further Cinematic Storytelling Strategies for Novelists) is an illuminating guide that takes you on a cinematic journey, revealing the secrets to crafting compelling narratives and characters that resonate. This book is an invaluable tool for any aspiring or seasoned novelist, blending Gaspard's deep understanding of the art of storytelling with inspiration from the world of film.

One of the most challenging aspects of screenwriting is character development. The reason for this is because it is so easy to create characters that are simply carbon-copies of one another. This sounds harmless in theory, but your screenplay, novel, or book suffers in the long run because the characters lack substance, depth, and relatability. With this audiobook, I take away all the guesswork by honing in on the top 12 elements that are needed to create characters that are beautifully human, authentic, compelling, and three-dimensional. Step into my office and let's get started!

AI-Powered Screenwriting: Revolutionizing Storytelling with Artificial Intelligence Unlocking Creative Potential, Enhancing Script Quality, and Transforming the Industry By Ammanuel Santa Anna Step into the future of filmmaking with AI-Powered Screenwriting: Revolutionizing Storytelling with Artificial Intelligence. This pioneering guide by Ammanuel Santa Anna, a visionary with over 25 years of leadership experience in politics, NGOs, and international business, offers an in-depth exploration of how AI is reshaping the screenwriting landscape. Key Features and Benefits: Unlock Your Creative...

10 Ways to Pitch Your Script More Successfully describes how to best pitch your script, starting with having a good script, writing an effective query letter, creating a short treatment or synopsis, a taking steps to make your script stand out. The audiobook is part of a series of short books, in which each audiobook features tips and techniques for becoming more successful in the film industry.

An example of breaking down a screenplay into 12 beats.

Do you love to write, but aren't sure what to do with it? Wondering how to approach the industry, find a market, or get an in with the right folks? Stephan Bugaj (Pixar, Telltale Games) and Justin Sloan (Roku's Cypher, the Reclaiming Honor novels) have come together to share advice on living the writer dream. Let them show you exactly what it takes to make it in the world of creative writing. What follows is a collection of their advice and interviews with the experts. This includes screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. In this book you'll read interviews with ...

Script Culture and the American Screenplay treats the screenplay as a literary work in its own right, presenting analyses of screenplays from a variety of frameworks, including feminism, Marxism, structuralism, philosophy, and psychology. Boon demonstrates that whether we are concerned with aesthetics and identifying rules for distinguishing the literary from the non-literary, or whether we align ourselves with more contemporary theories, which recognize texts as distinguishable in their inter-relationships.

50 Things to Know About Screenwriting by author Reinier Brands offers an approach on how best to write a screenplay and get it sold. Are you looking to write a screenplay but don't know where to start? This book is here to guide you through the process. Through this journey, you can discover unique insights and valuable tips from established screenwriters that can help simplify the screenwriting process and provide real-world examples for listeners. With this beginner's approach, listeners can avoid common pitfalls, find inspiration, and gain a fresh perspective on screenwriting.

Short Film Ideas: Compelling and Scalable Short Film Ideas are exactly that! It contains ideas for short films for all filmmakers and screenwriters who are experiencing writer's block, who are looking for ideas to get their juices flowing, or who need a storyline as soon as possible (i.e., for a film course). Your short screenplay should make the production of your film easy.

This is an excerpt from the Military Veterans in Creative Careers book. It includes only the sections on writing books and screenwriting.

Have you ever dreamed of writing the screenplay for a Disaster movie? If so, then here is how some of the world's top Disaster genre screenwriters do it…and how you can succeed in this genre too. The ideas in this book have been used by real screenwriters of major blockbusters - whether they realize it or not. Disaster Genre Secrets for Screenwriters distills their mastery for you and is here to serve as your screenwriting guide. Don't worry! None of the ideas and techniques in this book are rocket science. Frankly, if you can watch a Disaster movie, you can write one.

Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are the creators of some of British television's most beloved comedies. Essex-born Clement teamed up with Geordie insurance salesman La Frenais in the early 1960s and scripted a series about two young pals from Newcastle, The Likely Lads, which became one of BBC Two's first hits. The duo went on to create the classic sitcoms Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge starring Ronnie Barker, and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Thanks to this guided storytelling course, you will learn how to create and structure a story from beginning to end, following the archetypes of storytelling. If you have a book in your drawer, if you are missing some incipits or some narrative features, this is the path for you. You will learn to create blocks to build in order to make your story compelling and exciting, and to characterize protagonists, antagonists, and secondary characters following a functional narrative scheme that has been used on many occasions, from TV series to novels and ancient literature.

Аудиокнига, записанная на студии Ардис, увлекательно и доступно рассказывает о восьми интереснейших типологиях - соционике, психософии, МВТI, Теории уровней абстрактного интеллекта, типологии Лиз Бурбо и других. Простым и понятным языком изложена их суть и наиболее яркие и оригинальные особенности.

Luck plays an important part in the careers of writers. In this book, David Lodge explores how his work was inspired and affected by unpredictable events in his life. In 1976, Lodge was pursuing a ‘twin-track career’ as novelist and academic. As a literary critic, he made serious contributions to the subject before carnivalising it in his comic-satiric novel Small World. The balancing act between his two professions was increasingly difficult to maintain, and he became a full-time writer just before he published his best-selling novel Nice Work.

A screenplay about the epic story of titans who shaped the 21st century; Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, J.P. Morgan, Anne Morgan. Tesla's battles with Edison, with Morgan are legendary, his battles with OCD and credit for his inventions are as well. One of the least famous and most important figures in US History, the story has never been told about his accomplishments, and how his inventions have shaped our world, our planet, and our future. Every single day we use one of his patents, from wireless technology to radio waves. How can it be that this man's story has never been told...

Some movies miss the mark with audiences, but what goes on behind the scenes that makes it subpar? Is it the screenwriting? The casting and characters? Listen in as Wisecrack dives into what went wrong in popular movies like Suicide Squad, Finding Dory, and Wonder Woman: 1984 in this curated collection available for the first time in audio.

Several books have been written about the film Chinatown, starring Jack Nicholson. Yet one has not been published on the trilogy that screenwriter Robert Towne envisioned.