Fitzgerald Did It: The Writer's Guide to Mastering the Screenplay

by Meg Wolitzer

Unlike the many screenwriting guidebooks geared toward Hollywood wannabes with little writing experience whatsoever, this one is intended for writers--particularly fiction writers and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140275762
• ISBN13: 9780140275766
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 193 Pages
• Weight: 14.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Delightful and quick introduction to screenwriting

I'm not quite sure about those who've given this little, wonderful book bad reviews. There's nothing bloated about the writing in this book: it's stacked with great information from right at the beginning to end. It definitely hit the mark it was aiming at: writers who already are familiar with story, structure, character, and dialog. Perhaps F. Scott would have done a lot better in Hollywood had he this book as reference. Well done!

helpful book

I liked this book and found it useful to me as a writer who wants to break in to writing scripts. Honest and simply written and useful--not full of itself or inflated.

Great Book for Accomplished Writers

This book is perfect for people who already have a lot of experience writing stories, but who now want to try their hand at the screenplay form. There is none of the boring, basic stuff about how to define a character or what a story arc is; instead Wolitzer focuses on translating the skills you already have to the specifics of the screenplay. Very helpful to aspiring screenwriters!