An edition of How to build a great screenplay (2004)

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a master class in storytelling for film

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An edition of How to build a great screenplay (2004)

How to build a great screenplay

a master class in storytelling for film

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Drawing on decades of pracitacl experience David Howard deconstructs the craft of screenwriting and reveals how to build a good story from the ground up.

Publish Date
Publisher
Souvenir
Language
English
Pages
445

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Table of Contents

The story
The telling of the story
The creation of drama
Foundations
Carpentry and craftsmanship
Time and storytelling
What is drama?
The three acts
Sequences
Crucial moments
Subplots
The classical screenplay structure
The single unbreakable rule of drama
Anything but classical screenplay structure
The limits of classical, the beginnings of revolutionary
How to shake up classical structure
and why
Before the first draft
The first draft
After the first draft.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : St. Martin's, 2004.

Includes index.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
808.23
Library of Congress
PN1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 445 pages
Number of pages
445

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32823167M
ISBN 10
0285637266
ISBN 13
9780285637269
OCLC/WorldCat
63389491

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3928888W

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