A Guide to Screenwriting Success: Writing for Film and Television - Softcover

Duncan, Stephen V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742553019 ISBN 13: 9780742553019

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006

Synopsis

A Guide to Screenwriting Success provides a comprehensive overview of writing_and rewriting_a screenplay. Duncan's handy book teaches new screenwriters the process of creating a professional screenplay from beginning to end_from character development to story templates. It shows that inspiration, creativity, and good writing are not elusive concepts but attainable goals. The book contains dozens of exercises to help writers through these steps. The second half of the book covers the teleplay, an oftenoverlooked but rewarding side of screenwriting. Success in screenwriting is no longer a pipe dream for those who pick up Duncan's guide.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen V. Duncan is associate professor of screenwriting at Loyola Marymount University's School of Film and Television, the co-creator and executive consultant of the CBS-TV one-hour Vietnam War series Tour of Duty, writer-producer of the ABC-TV one-hour action series A Man Called Hawk, and the co-writer of the Turner Network Television original movie The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson.

Review:

In every chapter the insights just keep coming. Clear and comprehensive, a valuable cut-to-the-chase guide for screenwriters. Duncan possesses that rare teaching gift―the ability to make a challenging art form understandable while at the same time reassuring hopeful newcomers that, yes, you too can write a terrific movie. Don't start your screenplay without Steve Duncan's book close at hand. (Eric Edson, California State University, Northridge; screenwriter, Lethal Vows, Diving In, and The Rose and the Jackal)

Savvy, targeted, and on-point. . . . Steve Duncan's advice is presented in a straight, no-nonsense style. Finally, valuable information that gives any writer the tools necessary for success. A must-read for every aspiring screenwriter. (Erica Byrne, screenwriter, La Femme Nikita, Nowhere Man, and Silk Stalkings)

A Guide to Screenwriting Success is a natural extension of Steve Duncan's skill as a professional screenwriter and his prowess as one of the most respected professors in the screenwriting arena. (Fred Rubin, producer, Night Court, Family Matters, and Step by Step)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0742553019
• ISBN 13: 9780742553019
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392