Learn Screenwriting: From Start to Adaptation to Pro Advice

by Sally J. Walker

• LEARN SCREENWRITING is about evolving cinematic creativity!On your own With a Group In a ClassPart One’s “Intro to Screenwriting” will answer questions like . . .• Have you ever had an idea for a movie?• Why did one movie work and another didn’t?You will start characterizing for Actors . . . Plan Main Plot and Subplots . . . Practice crisp Dialogue and vivid Narrative . . . Write a Feature Screenplay . . . Consider Genre Storytelling . . . Polish the first draft . . . Discover Hollywood marketing!* * * * *Part Two’s “Book-to-Film Adaptation” will answer questions like . . .• Have you read a novel you could visualize as a movie?• What has to be included while other parts ignored?You will analyze prose for visuals . . . Characterize for inherent dramatic personality . . . Learn to focus plot events . . . Motivate collaborators . . . Identify iconic stories!* * * * *Part Three’s Hollywood experienced screenwriters answer questions like . . .• How do the professionals write?• How can new writers tap into Hollywood?You will discover Blake Snyder & Christopher Vogler’s storytelling principles, character development, plotting . . . Learn revision . . . Investigate Hollywood marketing and challenges* * * * *Let Instructor-Author-Pro Screenwriter Sally J. Walker take you on a cinematic storytelling journey to change your movie watching and your imagination

462 pages, ebook

Published January 28, 2019

Reviews

[Sally J.]

The compilation of material for this book made it a natural to use both in the classroom and as a reference for coaching individuals in their screenwriting efforts.