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Manufacturer: Silman-James Press
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9781879505841
ISBN: 1879505843
Label: Silman-James Press
Manufacturer: Silman-James Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 350
Publication Date: 2005-08-20
Publisher: Silman-James Press
Studio: Silman-James Press
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Screenwriter's Bible is six books in one. Book 1 -- A screenwriting primer that provides a concise presentation of screenwriting basics. Book 2 -- A workbook that walks the writer through the writing process, from nascent ideas through revisions. Book 3 -- A formatting guide that presents correct formats for both screenplays and TV scripts. Book 4 -- A spec writing guide that demonstrates today's spec style through sample scenes and analysis. Book 5 -- A sales and marketing guide that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan. Book 6 -- A resource guide that provides addresses and contacts for industry organizations, schools, publications, support groups, services, contests, etc. Among its wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The "Bible" was a featured selection of The Writer's Digest Book Club.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Supplemental Text for a Scriptwriting Class
Comment: I've used this book quite a bit as I work through my class, and I have found it very helpful so far.
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Summary: Well Worth The Money..and More
Comment: This book is well worth the money, and more. An excellent beginning screenplay writer's guide. Combine this with Robert McKee's book Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwritingy and you have a heck of a learning tool.
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Summary: Could be better than film schools.
Comment: If you are thinking of enrolling in a film school to study how to write scripts, GET THIS BOOK FIRST. You might save a lot of money. This book has everything. It's easy to read. I wish I'd found this book before wasting tons of money on U*LA.
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Summary: EVERYTHING BOOK IS Nothing but snipets and meager barely at all format guide.
Comment: Screenwriters Bible?
This is what your girl friend would give you in her return visit from the library; she would "make you a tape"; she would go to the library, get a whole bunch of things that have the label "screenwriting" and shove them in this little file when she heard your going to be screenwriting.
I honestly thought that this thing would be a large book that deals exclusively with script format.
The truth is that this guy basically went to the Screenwriters section in a library, tore out a whole bunch of pages from everything he could get his hands on and shoved it into this little book.
It is everything and nothing at all.
Sorry. If you dont have access to many things as is, if you dont have access to a library, a book store, the internet, if you are in the Amazon Jungle where no signs of life exist for hundreds of miles, then this might be the best book out there.
If you are truly void of all resources,
cannot get your hands on anything in regards to Screenwriting,
this collage of snipets from everything under the sun might be for you.
One of the most useless books out there. (But then again, so are most screenwriting books).
Not the best for Format. Thats for sure.
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Summary: Average
Comment: This book is most helpful on formatting tips, story arc and how things look on a screenplay. That aside the book isn't entirely necessary because of screenplay writing programs such as Final Draft or Screenwriter which tackle the formatting and appearance issues so the writer doesn't have to. Also, don't take a lot of the advice and "rules" Trottier gives and lays out too seriously or set-in-stone because it's all coming from a guy who hasn't sold a single screenplay all his own. He's a teacher and the old saying, "those who can't do, teach," definitely applies to this guy. If you want to learn the screenwriting craft, reading this book certainly does not hurt one bit; so, pick it up and draw your own conclusions.
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