Screenwriting: Medium, Craft & Art

by Edward O'Neill

Any significant creative activity has three levels: what you’re doing, how you’re doing it and why you do it. The medium, the craft, and the art. If you don’t know the basics of the medium, you aren’t even in the ballpark. If you don’t know the tools of the trade, the craft, you’re just running around the baseball diamond. And if you won’t know why you’re writing, you have no true love of the game.

This book introduces the aspiring screenwriter to the elements of screenwriting and screenplays: the creative process, the form. Inside, you’ll find vivid examples from 60 years of great scripts, tips on workflow (how to start, how to get things done), common plot devices and dialogue strategies, and what makes a good ending.

151 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 29, 2013