Making a Good Writer Great: a Creativity Workbooks for Screenwriters

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Summary: A must read for all screenwriters!
Review: I really enjoyed Making a Good Writer Great. I am a writer as well as a writing teacher and I think this book is unique and helpful to writers of all genres. I like the way Linda gets into the writer's creativity and enjoyed doing the exercises in the book. I will use some of them for myself as well as for my writing students. Keep up the great work, Linda!

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Summary: Terrific book for all writers
Review: I really enjoyed Making a Good Writer Great. I am a writer as well as a writing teacher and I think this book is unique and helpful to writers of all genres. I like the way Linda gets into the writer's creativity and enjoyed doing the exercises in the book. I will use some of them for myself as well as for my writing students. Keep up the great work, Linda!

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Summary: A Misnomer
Review: I've always felt this book had an unfortunate title and may have done much better without the "Screenwriter" addendum. The fact is that the advice and exercises that Seger gives is germane to all writers - the novelist, short story writer, as well as the screenwriter.

The "Creativity Workbook" aspect is a true title, however. This is a wonderful book for those of you who feel you're suffering from writer's block. The only solution, of course, is to just write. Even if you're writing "I don't know what to write...this is awful...I have no idea what to write..." still do it. Eventually you'll have a break through. Seger hides this simple fact into her ingenious exercises, giving you situation after to situation to write about, all the while developing characters and plot ideas.

Her focus is to truly help you develop as a writer, not merely beef up your script with cheap, dime-a-dozen plot methods. In that aspect, this book is rather unique and very successful. One of the better writing books available.

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Summary: A must read for all screenwriters!
Review: I've found so much inspiration in Making a Good Writer Great. Seger's words have helped me break through that brick wall. She is truly a light to see by. I can call myself a screenwriter once again.

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Summary: break through writer's block
Review: Linda Seger offers a number of ways to re-start the creative process; if only one of them works for you, the book is worth it.

Just reading through the exercises in this book was enough to get me through a serious case of writer's block. She includes an entire chapter on tapping into your religious/spiritual side to flesh out characters and deepen plot, but don't worry: If that won't work for you, she suggests skipping ahead -- there are plenty more idea-provoking suggestions to come.

It's a resource to turn to again and again, whenever a dead end looms.

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Summary: Making A Good Writer Great
Review: Take your creativity another step...toward greatness. This is a workout book for the screenwriter's mind. You will never be stuck for ideas and inspiration. Once again Linda Seger's honesty, organization and sincerity come through. In person Linda is great, but if you aren't lucky enough to meet her, this is the next best thing.

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Summary: Making A Good Writer Great
Review: Take your creativity another step...toward greatness. This is a workout book for the screenwriter's mind. You will never be stuck for ideas and inspiration. Once again Linda Seger's honesty, organization and sincerity come through. In person Linda is great, but if you aren't lucky enough to meet her, this is the next best thing.

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Summary: A real friend to all writers!
Review: This book combines craft and creativity and provides writers with the knowledge necessary to write at the highest artistic level. The exercises within can be reused time and again and push a writer to think outside the box.

Not a paint-by-numbers approach, instead this author guides you into unlocking and strengthening your own, original voice.

What are you waiting for? This is a great resource!

Rating:
Summary: A real friend to all writers!
Review: This book combines craft and creativity and provides writers with the knowledge necessary to write at the highest artistic level. The exercises within can be reused time and again and push a writer to think outside the box.

Not a paint-by-numbers approach, instead this author guides you into unlocking and strengthening your own, original voice.

What are you waiting for? This is a great resource!

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Summary: Terrific book, it stirs creativity as you read.
Review: This is one of the best books on creativity I've ever read. Linda gives you solid exercises to do when you're searching for an idea and helps you when you're stuck in the middle of a screenplay. Her chapter on "Why Your Shadow is Essential to Your Success" is a must for any aspiring screenwriter. I'm recommending this book to all my screenwriting students at UCLA.