Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting

By Jeffrey William Kitchen

Writing a Great Movie is a practical nuts-and-bolts manual to dramatic writing for film. This hands-on course in screenwriting shows how to create, develop, and construct an original screenplay from scratch using seven essential tools for the screenwriter-(1) Dilemma, Crisis, Decision and Action, and Resolution; (2) Theme; (3) the 36 Dramatic Situations; (4) the Enneagram; (5) Research and Brainstorming; (6) the Central Proposition; and (7) Sequence, Proposition, and Plot-which break the writing process down into approachable steps and produce great results.Author Jeff Kitchen is a top-rated expert on the craft of the dramatist and has taught playwriting on Broadway and screenwriting in Hollywood, with former students nominated for multiple Oscars and Emmys. Writing a Great Movie is the complete guide to creating compelling screenplays that will sell.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B092HHBFTM
• ISBN13: 9798706260453
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"