The creative screenwriter : exercises to expand your craft / Zara Waldeback and Craig Batty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waldeback, Zara.

Contributor:

Batty, Craig.

Series:

Methuen drama

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture authorship.

Television authorship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publ. Plc, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book for aspiring screenwriters who want to establish a powerful writing practice; a manual for teachers and students seeking inspiring exercises to encourage discussion and reflection; and a handbookfor professionals wanting to hone their craft and solve specific writing problems. It is a book that will help rekindle the creative spark, remind you why you enjoy writing, and create new ways to help you expertly express the stories you want to tell - and sell!

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Being creative; What does creativity mean to you?; Ready, steady, go!; Limiting yourself; Magic moments; Wordplay; ABC stories; Spontaneous storytelling; Listening to an onion; Having fun!; Being bad; 2 Generating ideas; Going to the heart; Finding the plot, finding the emotion; Into the unknown; What's around you?; Creative collisions; Bringing people together; What do you know? What don't you know?; Words of wisdom; Trading places; In the news; The hardest choice; Perfect fit; 3 Developing stories; Growing up; Finding your compass

Assessing story potentialWhat's the problem?; Dot to dot; Conflict vs meaningful conflict; What happens next?; One thing leads to another; Back to the future; Losing the plot; 4 Understanding characters; Pinpointing the protagonist; Supermarket sweep; Character building; A creative portrait; Inside out; What's in a name?; Stepping into change; Lost baggage; Motivating action; Public and private spheres; 5 Shaping relationships; The odd couple; Finding the right antagonist; Antagonist as thematic driver; The third party; Weaving webs; Family values; A matter of perspective

Generating perspectiveListening out for relationships; Ensembles; Absent friends; 6 Designing structure; Structuring the emotional journey; Character arc as structure; Chain reaction; Inciting incidents; All change; Planning the plan; Deepening the problem; Rising action; Making things worse; Plants and payoffs; Tying-up loose ends; 7 Reimagining structure; Alternative routes; Where are you going?; Multiple protagonists; Parallel stories; Mix it up; Flashing back; Telling the time; Shapeshifting; 8 Defining beginnings and endings; Starting over; Setting the dramatic question

Image is everythingFirst impressions; Pain and problems; Essential facts; Opening with voiceover; Full stop; Last dance; Mirror, mirror; One step beyond; Damp squib; 9 Weaving worlds; Reframing the familiar; Beyond the sea; Television set; Outside the comfort zone; A whole new world; Playing by the rules; Opening doors; Bricks and mortar; When are we?; Inner worlds; A common language; Location, location, location; 10 Exploring genre and form; Themes and dreams; Genre protagonists; Home sweet home; Fitting the bill; Mix and match; Setting the mood; It's no joke; Finding form

11 Enhancing scene writingFulfilling the function; The telling moment; The deciding factor; Scene structure; Turn up the heat; Complicating factors; Topping and tailing; Crossing over; Catching up; 12 Strengthening visual storytelling; Doing, not being; Walk the talk; Swap shop; Valued objects; Say what you see; Trading spaces; Imprisoned; I spy; Compare and contrast; Visual pleasure; Sound and vision; Seen and not heard; Show, don't tell; 13 Improving dialogue; Through their eyes; Guess who; Speaking relations; Silent talk; Lying and denying; Writing subtext; Key phrase

Exposition - creating a need to know

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613522825

9781408155202

1408155206

9781280118531

1280118539

9781408155196

1408155192

OCLC:

781936824