Literature

Writing the Script

Management No. BFM011949

Basic Information

Contents: PREFACE = ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS = xiii 1. TELL ME A STORY: The Beginning, the Middle and the End = 1 2. CHARACTERIZATION: Playing God. Making People = 14 3. CONFLICT: The Working Substance of Drama and Comedy = 32 4. SUSPENSE: Romeo and Juliet as a Cliff-hanger = 45 5. CONTENT AND EMOTION: The Heart Has a Mind of Its Own. = 64 6. BEGINNING YOUR SCREENPLAY = 76 7. ENDING A DRAMATIC STORY = 86 8. WHAT AM I GOING TO WRITE ABOUT NEXT?: Story Ideas. Basic Plots. There Is No Such Thing as an Original Story. = 93 9. DIALOGUE: "The Secret of Being a Crushing Bore Ts to Say Everything." = 109 10. PUTTING YOUR SCRIPT ON PAPER: Style and Format for Movies and Filmed Television = 122 11. YOUR IDEA FOR A TELEVISION SERIES: And What to Do with It = 144 12. THE REGULARS IN AN EPISODIC SERIES: A Special Television Writer’s Problem = 150 13. SITUATION COMEDY = 157 14. AGENTS: The Common Sense of Getting One = 167 15. SALES PROCEDURES: Top and Bottom Dollar = 171 16. GRAB BAG: Angles, Knacks, and No-Nos = 181 17. HOLLYWOOD PILGRIMAGE = 188 WHO WROTE THE SCRIPT? = 192 AUTHOR’S CREDENTIALS = 202 INDEX = 203