Gardner's Guide to Screenplay: From Idea to Successful Script

by Jule Selbo

Practical and inspiring for both beginning and experienced screenwriters, this guide shows how to structure a film story by focusing on character development. Featuring the "Eleven Step Story Structure," a template that takes the haphazardness out of the process of writing, the book reasons that a strict outline can be turned into a strong script with room for creative and original ideas. Many examples, exercises, and story breakdowns of major motion pictures are provided to spark creativity, as well as advice on necessary selling information to get the script into the right hands.

350 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2007

About the author

SO EXCITED! 8 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery will be available on December 6, 2023. It's the third in the series. Pre-orders are available now. 9 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery followed 10 DAYS in garnering awards and award nominations and also a STARRED Kirkus Review! Your local bookstores can pre-order it for you too!

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10 DAYS, A Dee Rommel Mystery was the first in a new crime/mystery series. It got a starred Kirkus Review "nifty, engrossing procedural..." "...punchy, vivid prose..." and went on to win a Silver Falchion Award for Best Investigator Novel, it was nominated for a Maine Literary Award, Clue Award and Foreword Review Award. It's also up for the Best Crime Mystery Book Award on FeedMyReads!

Jule is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She has written for television and film for a few decades (check IMDB). She is also a professor at CSU in California, teaching screenwriting and film history - and lectures internationally on story structure and film genre.
She basically loves story - and telling stories and helping others tell their stories.
Her award-winning plays have been done in NYC, Los Angeles and regional theaters across America.
Novels include FIND ME IN FLORENCE (2019), DREAMS OF DISCOVERY, Based on the Life of John Cabot (2018) and the upcoming BREAKING BARRIERS: Laura Bassi and the Enlightenment.
https://www.juleselbo.com

Jule would love to hear from her readers!

Reviews

[Chris Hall · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't actually finish reading because I bought an updated edition without realizing it. That being said, Jule Selbo is essential reading for aspiring and practicing screenwriters.