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The screenwriter's workshop : creative exploration through meaningful critique / J. Mira Kopell.
Van Pelt - New Book Display PN1996 .K65 2024
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kopell, J. Mira, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion picture authorship.
- Physical Description:
- 213 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Through a series of carefully designed writing workshops, this book guides the screenwriter through the messy creativity of screenwriting. Drawing on over 20 years' experience facilitating screenwriting workshops, author J. Mira Kopell provides readers with a path to screenwriting that makes space for reflection, critique, and exploration. Structured around five specific writing assignments, each assignment supports the writer forward incrementally by focusing on a specific set of craft elements needed to then move them on to the next. A key value of the assignments is that they are not only exercises, but steps in the development of an actual screenplay. By using this book, readers can both receive meaningful feedback on their own project and learn to give insightful, focused critiques of their fellow writer's work. Rather than offering craft as a "to do" list that promises successful scripts, this book reimagines craft as "tools not rules," empowering a writer to let their unique story dictate choices in order to support their work and honor their own voice. Ideal for students and lecturers of screenwriting, groups of writers looking to form their own workshops, and aspiring professionals wanting to develop their craft"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A workshop focused on creative development
- Principles of an effective workshop
- The one-pager : connect to key elements of your story
- The initial outline : find your story's engine in plot and character
- The structure-focused outline : support your story
- The opening : transition from outline to script
- Scene work : listen to your muses
- Epilogue. Finding your practice.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Unger Gasser Family Endowment for the Study of Screenwriting, Television and New Media.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kopell, J. Mira, 1959- Screenwriter's workshop
- ISBN:
- 9781032287225
- 1032287225
- 9781032287218
- 1032287217
- OCLC:
- 1391135433
- Publisher Number:
- 99995590092
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