Write what you don't know : an accessible manual for screenwriters / Julian Hoxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoxter, Julian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Motion picture plays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Continuum, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Write What You Don't Know is a friendly manual for aspiring screenwriters. It encourages you to move beyond your comfort zones in search of stories. We all write what we know - how could we not? Writing what you don't know and doing it in an informed and imaginative way is what makes the process worthwhile.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Oh Joy, Another Screenwriting Book; 'Kneel before Book!'; Breaking the ice; Top ten tasks that are more important than reading this book; 1; What's It All About?; 'I saw Screenwriting Manual with the Devil!'; 'What's in the box?'; How movies work, only without the complicated bits; The trinity; A boring pair of everyday shoes: narrative economy; Staring open-mouthed at cool stuff: narrative excess; Remember who you are writing for: show, don't tell; When format nerds attack!; 'Write what you know': why this idea sucks and what to do about it

Creativity today, or: 'Don't try this at home!'Write what you know?; Write what you never realized that you knew?; Write what you don't know; 2; Screenwriting: The Hardest Easy Thing You Will Ever Do; Kind of a pep talk: you should write a movie; Bad reasons to write a screenplay; When 'Write What You Know' attacks!; When 'Write What You Don't Know' attacks!; 'I want to make lots of green'; 'I want supermodels on my d'; 'Pfft, I could do that, it's just some car chases and 'splosions, how hard can it be?'; Copying the 'hot' concept, or: 'Amagawd, I totally got off on Transformers 2!!11one'

Good reasons to write a screenplay'I don't know exactly but I love movies and it's my dream and I don't know-wait, I already said that ...' /blush /facepalm /hide; 'I have something really important I need to say'; 'My story is so visual it just needs to be filmed'; 'I have an idea that I love for a story, but I don't know whether it should be a novel or a screenplay'; 'I want to be a director'; Ideas and where the pesky things hide; Creativity in the movies; Some kind of comedian; 'Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau'; Learning something new: the joys of research. Yes, really; 3

Screenwriting is For The Birds?: A Simple Model for Cinematic StorytellingStory worlds: their creation and destruction; Understanding story worlds; The 'V': build a world, break it and then fix it again; Rules of story worlds; 'I just do eyes, just eyes': outside-in story world creation; 'Now that's our ball now, right? And we're playing here': inside-out story world creation; Playing story worlds to character and theme; Plots and stories: why everything comes from character; Story worlds, not plot worlds; 4; It's All About the Concept

No ifs. No buts. It's the law. You just have to get this part rightFirst steps, or when bunnies attack!; The theme; The wardrobe; The premise; The pitch statement; The top ten ground rules for a good movie pitch; What is a screenplay and how do I get there?; The treatment; The top ten ground rules for a good movie treatment; The screenplay; Basic spec screenplay format: it looks like this for a reason; Spec script vs shooting script; 5; 'Taming Wild Words': It's All About the Structure; What structure is for and where it comes from; Ring compositions and the 'origin' of structure

Narration: positioning your audience

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613307613

9781283307611

1283307618

9781441109323

1441109323

OCLC:

759398133