21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films

21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films

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<i>The 21st Century Screenplay</i> is the much-expanded successor to the author's <i>Scriptwriting Updated. </i>Many books in one, it offers a comprehensive, highly practical manual of screenwriting from the classic to the avant-garde, from <i>The African Queen</i> and <i>Tootsie</i>, to <i>21 Grams, Pulp Fiction, Memento </i>and <i>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.</i> Whether you want to write short films, features, adaptations, genre films, ensemble films, blockbusters or art house movies, this book takes you all the way from choosing the brilliant idea to plotting, writing and rewriting. Featuring a range of insider survival tips on time-effective writing, creativity under pressure and rising to the challenge of international competition, <i>The 21st Century Screenplay</i> is essential reading for newcomer and veteran alike.