Screenwriting (Teach Yourself: writer's library)

by Ray Frensham (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  In this guide to screenwriting, Raymond Frensham draws on his experience to take the reader through the processes involved in transforming creative ideas into a format that will work on screen. He offers regular checklists on structuring work, concentrating on visual language, dialogue, characterization and plot; he then shows how to present and sell the finished product in a crowded marketplace.

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  Paperback
  2008

  $3.25

  Teach Yourself Screenwriting is a comprehensive, jargon-free guide for all budding screenwriters. Its aim is not just to guide you through the techniques and skills you need to write for the screen (film and television), but also to give you guidance on how to approach the industry as a whole. Focusing on every aspect of screenwriting from how to set about the writing process and develop your characters, plot and structure to how to break into this highly competitive industry and make a career for yourself as a writer, this book uncovers all. This new edition has been completey updated to include discussion of the most recent developments in this incredibly fast-moving industry. It also includes a foreword by Andrew Davies.