Screenwriting 101: The Essential Craft of Feature Film Writing

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Summary: A handy reference for those interested in movies.
Review: I remember growing up as a kid wanting to go to Hollywood, Write a movie script and make millions. If only I had read Screenwriting 101, I might have been able to succeed.

This book will show you, in an easy to understand and almost lighthearted way, the steps to becoming a great screenwriter. You have to make sure you have something to take notes with as you read along.

The author includes scribble exercises scattered throughout the book, this requires you to write what you are thinking at that time. Since this book is made to use over again your responses will change - have the eraser handy! Written by someone who has worked on 2 number 1 box office hits only add to an already great book. Whether you want Hollywood to notice you or your local theater group this book will certainly come in handy.

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Summary: a good book for starters
Review: if your a begining screenwriter and want to understand the basics of screenwriting,you shouol pick this up.I'ts not the best book for starters but it helps a lot.it pretty much teaches you the basics like format,structure,charater, and dialogue.It also has exercises for you to work on as you go along but i would recommend reading the book first and then going back to do the exercises.there are dozen's of screenwriting books out there and this ranks as an ok one.there are better ones out there.

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Summary: The way movies SHOULD NOT be.
Review: This book may help you in the format of a script but little else. I am disgusted by the materials that are used in this book as examples for a film script. If this is the normal way movies are made than I guess I am off the wall. I am really ashamed to call myself a filmmaker and be associated with such vile evils. There are many other ways to learn script formatting, just look for it in software form. If you want to write a film that will damage our societies moral standards and cause our nation to go into further more turmoil, this book is for you. Yet if you want our society to become a place where our lives reflect good and Godly attributes, then by all means don't even consider this book!