Screenwriter''s Roadmap - 21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Story

Zusatztext "Landau keeps each chapter surprisingly short! while packing them with as much information as possible...If you're looking for something more educational than entertaining! The Screenwriter'sRoadmap is a fantastic book to pick up for anyone looking to start his or her own masterpiece."-Blog Critics! www.blogcritics.org"It's easy to see how Mr. Landau is the screenwriting Professor at both UCLA and USC. His knowledge is vast and extremely discernible within the pages of The Screenwriter's Roadmap. It is absolutely one of the best books written on the subject and should be on every screenwriter's and filmmaker's bookshelf! Highly Recommended." -The Film Monthly! www.filmmonthly.com"As an aspiring screenwriter myself! and I tell you - I have gone through many screenwriting books from The Writer's Journey to the Save the Cat series! Neil Landau's guide is certainly one of the best texts I have read in regards to the screenwriting business."-Digital Hippos! www.digitalhippos.com"The best screenwriting books aim to inflame that thought process! opening dialogue and creating discussion. This is far more helpful that a set of regimented rules. And that is exactly what Neil Landau had in mind. I won't bury the lead: The Screenwriter's Roadmap is an excellent release...The Screenwriter's Roadmap is not only extremely informative but! frankly! it's also a genuine page turner."-Showbiz Monkeys! www.showbizmonkeys.com Informationen zum Autor teaches in the MFA in Screenwriting and Producing Programs at both UCLA School of Film & Television and USC School of Cinematic Arts, and is a faculty advisor in the MFA in Writing Program at Goddard College. He also wrote the cult hit "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead", among many other credits. Klappentext The potentially long and arduous journey of writing a screenplay was just made easier to navigate with The Screenwriter's Roadmap. This book keeps you on track and helps you to write a finished, professional quality screenplay. Neil Landau provides you with 21 Guideposts that will help you nail down your screenplay's story structure, deepen its character arcs, bolster stakes, heighten suspense and diagnose and repair its potential weaknesses. The Guideposts are augmented by interactive exercises, end of chapter "homework" assignments, examples from the latest blockbusters and over 20 interviews with some of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters and directors. Zusammenfassung Shows you how to complete a screenplay that's full of surprises, emotionally resonant, and ready for the marketplace. The author provides 21 questions for you to ask yourself as you write, to help you nail down your screenplay's story structure, deepen its character arcs, and diagnose and repair its potential weaknesses. Inhaltsverzeichnis GuidePost 1: Clarify the Central Conflict of Your Premise GuidePost 2: Think of Setting and Time Period as Another Character GuidePost 3: Create an Iconic Protagonist with a Core Contradiction GuidePost 4: Give Your Protagonist Something to Win and Something to Lose GuidePost 5: Determine Your Protagonist's Most Significant Weakness and how they'll overcome it GuidePost 6: Drafting the Architectural Foundation GuidePost 7: Hook Your Audience into the Plight of Your Protagonist by Page 10 GuidePost 8: Inject a Potent Antagonistic Force to Obstruct the Goals of Your Protagonist GuidePost 9: Plunge Your Protagonist into Crisis at the End of Act One (no later than page 25) GuidePost 10: Fuelling and Consistently Stoking the Dramatic Fire GuidePost 11: Infuse Your Story with a Central Mystery GuidePost 12: The Center Can Hold: Ratcheting up the Stakes at the Midpoint of Act 2 GuidePost 13: Thicken the Plot with a Pivotal Character GuidePost 14: Compel your Protagonist into Epiphany in Act 3 GuidePost 15: Situate Your Protagonist at a Crossroads at the End of Act 2 Guid...

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GuidePost 1: Clarify the Central Conflict of Your Premise
GuidePost 2: Think of Setting and Time Period as Another Character
GuidePost 3: Create an Iconic Protagonist with a Core Contradiction
GuidePost 4: Give Your Protagonist Something to Win and Something to Lose
GuidePost 5: Determine Your Protagonist's Most Significant Weakness and how they'll overcome it
GuidePost 6: Drafting the Architectural Foundation
GuidePost 7: Hook Your Audience into the Plight of Your Protagonist by Page 10
GuidePost 8: Inject a Potent Antagonistic Force to Obstruct the Goals of Your Protagonist
GuidePost 9: Plunge Your Protagonist into Crisis at the End of Act One (no later than page 25)
GuidePost 10: Fuelling and Consistently Stoking the Dramatic Fire
GuidePost 11: Infuse Your Story with a Central Mystery
GuidePost 12: The Center Can Hold: Ratcheting up the Stakes at the Midpoint of Act 2
GuidePost 13: Thicken the Plot with a Pivotal Character
GuidePost 14: Compel your Protagonist into Epiphany in Act 3
GuidePost 15: Situate Your Protagonist at a Crossroads at the End of Act 2
GuidePost 16: Set the Clock Ticking
GuidePost 17: Heighten the Climax
Guidepost 18: Pay-off the Setups
GuidePost 19: Crafting the Inevitable Conclusion
GuidePost 20: Illuminate the Central Thematic Question
GuidePost 21: Rewrites: Reconnecting to the Emotional Core of Your Screenplay

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"Landau keeps each chapter surprisingly short, while packing them with as much information as possible...If you're looking for something more educational than entertaining, The Screenwriter's
Roadmap is a fantastic book to pick up for anyone looking to start his or her own masterpiece."
-Blog Critics, www.blogcritics.org
"It's easy to see how Mr. Landau is the screenwriting Professor at both UCLA and USC. His knowledge is vast and extremely discernible within the pages of The Screenwriter's Roadmap. It is absolutely one of the best books written on the subject and should be on every screenwriter's and filmmaker's bookshelf! Highly Recommended."
-The Film Monthly, www.filmmonthly.com
"As an aspiring screenwriter myself, and I tell you - I have gone through many screenwriting books from The Writer's Journey to the Save the Cat series, Neil Landau's guide is certainly one of the best texts I have read in regards to the screenwriting business."
-Digital Hippos, www.digitalhippos.com
"The best screenwriting books aim to inflame that thought process, opening dialogue and creating discussion. This is far more helpful that a set of regimented rules. And that is exactly what Neil Landau had in mind. I won't bury the lead: The Screenwriter's Roadmap is an excellent release...The Screenwriter's Roadmap is not only extremely informative but, frankly, it's also a genuine page turner."
-Showbiz Monkeys, www.showbizmonkeys.com
 

Product details

• Authors: Neil Landau, Neil (Professor & Lecturer Landau, Landau Neil
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2012
• EAN: 9780240820606
• ISBN: 978-0-240-82060-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Focal Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Television, The arts: general issues, Films, cinema, Film, TV & radio, Radio / Podcasts, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, The arts: general topics