Personal Growth, General Reference, Filmmaking, Inspiration, Writing, Screenplays
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Overview
Cut The Crap and WRITE THAT DAMN SCREENPLAY! is a concise no BS book on screenwriting. Written to help new writers get past their own fears and self-consciousness so they can compose their first script while dispensing with methods that make writers do everything but write.This book screams directly into the writer's soul and gets them off their lazy butts to put words on the page.
No more problems or excuses, only solutions and getting it done!
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FROM THE BACK COVER OF THE PRINT EDITION:
What you hold in your hands are the answers to all of life's questions...
Well, maybe not.
But what this book is all about is getting you off your lazy ass to finally write that script you've been bitchin' about for years.
Now I'm not promising you that you're gonna write the next Academy Award-winning screenplay, or that you're gonna make millions from following my advice, or that you're gonna break into the movie business after reading this.
No, I'm not promising you jack shit except for one thing: if you listen to me, cut the crap, and have the guts, you'll write that damn screenplay!
Here's what I'm gonna teach you:
* What are the five types of Bullshit Writers and how not to be one of them
* How to bend the rules of genre to your will
* How to craft a powerhouse logline and a kick-ass title that will focus your writing before you write the script!
* The difference between badass character archetypes and cheap-ass character stereotypes--and how to create a memorable cadre of characters
* The Three Ps of character development
* The Three Cs of story structure
* The Three Ss of action and dialogue
* A cutting the crap practical THREE-Stage approach to writing that first draft
* How to solve a plethora of screenwriting problems
And finally, a nice little pep talk that oughta get you to stop farting around and put you in front of that keyboard doing what you should be doing right now: writing!
So, if you haven't started writing your screenplay by the time you finish reading the back cover of this book, you're already behind the eight ball.
Get to it!
Editorials
Director/Writer/Producer, 'Sleather' -
"Stop reading this endorsement and go get this book! No other book on the market will motivate you the way this one does."Author, 'The Screenwriter's Bible' -
"A helpful book."Director/Writer, 'Spoiler' -
"The Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant of screenwriting books."Writer/Producer, 'Below Zero' -
"Tough love for lazy writers."Book Details
Published
August 8, 2010
Publisher
MCWriting.com
ISBN
9781935841111