Screenwriting Is Storytelling: Creating an A-List Screenplay That Sells!

By Kate Wright

Book Overview

The step-by-step guide to creating a compelling screenplay

While most screenwriting books focus on format and structure, Kate Wright explains how to put story at the center of a screenplay. A compelling story, complete with intriguing characters and situations created with these screenwriting tricks of the trade can become a box office blockbuster film.

Learn the basics of screenwriting, including:

- Developing themes within the plot
- Using structure to define the story
- Creating memorable characters
- Establishing moral dilemmas and conflicts
- Achieving classic elements of storytelling in a three-act dramatic structure
- Mastering different genres

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039953024X
• ISBN13: 9780399530241
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher