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Raindance Writers' Lab
If you're looking for a straightforward, practical, no-nonsense guide to scriptwriting that will hold your hand right the way through the process, read on! The Raindance Writers' Lab guides you through the tools that enable you to execute a strong treatment for a feature and be well on the way to the first draft of your script.
Written by the creator of the Raindance Film Festival himself, Elliot Grove uses a hands-on approach to screenwriting based on his many years of experience teaching the subject for Raindance training. He uses step-by-step processes illustrated with diagrams and charts to lend a visual structure to the teaching. Techniques are related to real-life examples throughout, from low budget to blockbuster films.
The Companion Website contains interviews with British writers and directors as well as a handy series of legal contracts, video clips and writing exercises.
In this brand new 2nd edition, Grove expands on his story structure theory, as well as how to write for the internet and short films.
The website also contains sample scripts and legal contracts, a writing exercise illustrated with a video clip, a folder full of useful hyperlinks for research, and a demo version of Final Draft screenwriting software.
Written by the creator of the Raindance Film Festival himself, Elliot Grove uses a hands-on approach to screenwriting based on his many years of experience teaching the subject for Raindance training. He uses step-by-step processes illustrated with diagrams and charts to lend a visual structure to the teaching. Techniques are related to real-life examples throughout, from low budget to blockbuster films.
The Companion Website contains interviews with British writers and directors as well as a handy series of legal contracts, video clips and writing exercises.
In this brand new 2nd edition, Grove expands on his story structure theory, as well as how to write for the internet and short films.
The website also contains sample scripts and legal contracts, a writing exercise illustrated with a video clip, a folder full of useful hyperlinks for research, and a demo version of Final Draft screenwriting software.
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272 pages, Paperback
First published July 9, 2001
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October 12, 2013
This is by far one of the best books on screenwriting out there. It's screenwriting 101 for the low price of $30 . Don't go spending thousands to learn in a classroom, pick up this book. You'll learn more in a few days than you would in one semester. With great writing examples and easy to read text, Elliot Grove has made it possible for the novice writer to get their work out there! Thoroughly entertaining and educational.
May 25, 2011
Some useful information. Book pretty poorly written, even down to some obvious typing errors. Lots of repetition of some points. Not a work of genius but worth reading for the odd practical tip on writing and selling your screen play.
September 2, 2015
The usual screenwriting-by-numbers approach. Your time would be better spent learning the basics of technical formatting from free web resources and then downloading a bunch of screenplays (also widely available for free online)
February 27, 2013
Better than Save The Cat with more relevance to the UK film industry.
November 4, 2013
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