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001 2006274867
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008 060502s2003 cauc b 000 0 eng d
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050 00 $aPN1996$b.A33 2003
082 00 $a808.2/3$222
100 1 $aAckerman, Hal.
245 10 $aWrite screenplays that sell :$bthe Ackerman way /$cHal Ackerman.
260 $aLos Angeles :$bTallfellow Press,$cc2003.
300 $axvi, 274 p. :$bport. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-257).
505 0 $aPart one: Before you can be a screenwriter -- 1. Can writing be taught? -- 2. A word or two about the writer's life and the industry we love -- 3. Why we don't write -- 4. Why we write -- 5. What a screenplay isn't -- 6. What a screenplay is -- 7. What story isn't -- 8. What story is -- Part two: The big picture: story structure -- 9. Act one -- 10. Acts two and three -- 11. Snowplow, scene cards and scenograms -- Part three: The small picture: scene writing -- 12. Dancing the Wadoogee -- 13. The components of scene writing -- 14. Tricks, techniques and stunning acts of legerdemain -- Part four: "The Rees": research and rewriting -- 15. Research -- 16. Rewriting -- Part 5: Afterthoughts and additions -- 17. On writing the short film -- 18. Living your writing life -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Web sites for research -- Appendix B: Eavesdropper journal scenes -- Appendix C: Ages of writers when they won their acadamy awards.
650 0 $aMotion picture authorship.