The Coffee Break Screenwriter

Produktbeschreibung

2nd edition. A how-to workbook packed with over 60 10-minute writing tools. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Story
Emotion tells the story / Character flaw tells the story / The world tells the
story / Premise tells the story / Secondary characters tell the story /
Complication tells the story / Synopsizing tells the story / Resolution tells
the story / Plot and character elements tell the story / You tell the story
Chapter 2: The Structure
Feature structure made simple / TV pilot structure made simple / Organizing your
story / The structure sheet
Chapter 3: The Outline
The eight-sequence beat sheet / The beat-sheet rewrite / The scene list / Scene
brainstorming / Finding scenes through setup and payoff
Chapter 4: The Characters
Character biography / Character makes an entrance / Character rules / Creating
great antagonists
Chapter 5: The First Draft
Scene intention / Quicky format / The speed draft / Script development: add new
scenes / Script development: build on existing scenes / Script development: add
your voice
Chapter 6: The Dialogue
Verbal agenda / Verbal strategy / Dialogue as a game / Finding character voice
Chapter 7: The Rewrite
The concept pass / The structure pass / The story pass / The scene pass / The
character pass / The dialogue pass / The format pass / The element pass / The
holistic pass
Chapter 8: The Craft
The placement of action lines / Choreography in action lines / Fight scenes /
Emotional action lines / The "tell" of the scene / The button / Scene
transitions / Narrative devices / Character and setting descriptions / Essence
plus action / Tonal writing
Chapter 9: The Final Edit
Story intention edit / Genre intention edit / Line cut edit / Scene trimming
edit / The general edit
Chapter 10: The Presentation
Print and bind / Protect your material / Pitch your script / The personal pitch
/ Marketing materials
Chapter 11: The Opportunity
Networking / New media / Video games, game shows, promos, and reality TV / What
if they like me? / The long pitch 

Autoreninfo

Pilar Alessandra is the director of the writing program On the Page®, host of the popular On the Page Podcast, and author of "The Coffee Break Screenwriter." Pilar started her career as Senior Story Ana-lyst at DreamWorks SKG and, in 2001, opened the On the Page Writers' Studio in Los Angeles. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Lost, House of Lies, Nip/Tuck, and Family Guy. They've sold features and pitches to Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Disney, and Sony, and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition, and Warner Bros. TV Writ-ing Workshop. Pilar has trained writers at ABC/Disney and CBS and traveled the world, teaching in London, Beijing, Warsaw, Lisbon, and South Africa. (...)