Script Magic : Subconscious Techniques to Conquer Writer's Block - Softcover

D'Vari, Marisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0941188744 ISBN 13: 9780941188746

Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions, 2000

Synopsis

As any screenwriter knows, the pressures of pursuing the dream of landing that big script sale can be counter-productive to the writing process.

About this title

About the Author

D'Vari has 20 years of hands-on experience working in Hollywood as a studio story analyst, consultant, and executive. She currently lives in Boston, MA and is the producer/host of the nationally-syndicated cable TV show Scene Here. She conducts seminars on screenwriting all over the country.

From the Inside Flap

Ken Atchity, Author of A Writer's Time and Producer

"I found your book informative and well-written, Script Magic is a solid resource for anyone thinking about a career in screenwriting." Chris Vogler, Author of The Writer's Journey

"Double thumbs up for Script Magic, a book filled with practical advice and exercises to refresh your writing and expand your ideas about structure or character. And, like other good books about screenwriting, there's more than meets the eye. Script Magic is as much about the art of good living as it is about good screenwriting, and you'll find a way of thinking here that will improve whatever creative projects you happen to be working on." Mike Medavoy, Chairman, Phoenix Pictures

"Script Magic will motivate aspiring screenwriters eager to tap their creative mind." Richard Gladstein, Academy Award Nominee Producer, "The Cider House Rules,"

"D'Vari's Script Magic will prove to be a successful tool for filmmakers as they work to create and construct characters and story." Alan M. Dershowitz, Author, Just Revenge

"Nearly every law student and lawyer I know dreams about writing the great script. Instead of dreaming, they should pick up Script Magic." Dona Cooper, Author of AFI’s Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV

"Marisa D’Vari explores the most important challenge screenwriters face -- understanding and unleashing their full creative power. I recommend this book highly!" Robin Dawson, Director, Massachusetts Film Office

"D'Vari's Script Magic presents an innovative approach to the screenwriting craft that will help writers create stories that spark with momentum, energy, and life." Miguel Tejada-Flores, former VP of Lorimar Film Production and screenwriter (Revenge of the Nerds, Screamers, and twelve other films).

"This book provides an intriguing approach to solving the age old problems with which writers in general -- and screenwriters in particular -- struggle. Marisa offers some practical and ingenious solutions in the eternal struggle of storytellers to connect effectively with their audiences." Anne Marie Stein, Executive Director of the Boston Film and Video Foundation

"Marisa D'Vari brings years of Hollywood experience to her book, Script Magic. She provides aspiring scriptwriters with unarguably good advice -- that the best work comes from personal understanding and connection to material. What makes Script Magic additionally valuable is that she then goes on to provide her own set of tools about how to approach the scriptwriting process." Stuart Voytilla, Story Consultant and author of Myth and the Movies

"Tired of conventional how-to books that tell you where to put plot points and reversals? A dose of D'Vari's Script Magic will put the fun back in the screenwriting craft and pave the way for a marketable screenplay!" Jordan Ayan, Founder of Create-It! Inc. and Author of Aha! 10 Ways to Free Your Creative Spirit and Find Your Great Ideas

"Every writer needs to learn how to tap the power of their imagination and turn their "aha's" into words that tell ... and sell. Marisa's book provides tools that show the writer how to "mine their mind" for powerful storylines and great concept. If you write, this book belongs next to the dictionary and thesaurus on your bookshelf." Keith Davis, Story Analyst, Columbia Sony Pictures "No teacher is ever going to make writing 'easy' or 'fun.' But Marisa D'Vari's Script Magic motivates you to get started (which is - let's face it - half the battle) with its energy and enthusiasm, then keeps you plugging (the other half of the battle) with its insight and creative exercises. Marisa - a former Story Analyst and Development Executive and writer herself - writes from the trenches rather than the ivory tower. Her hard-nose, hard-knock advice for writing screeenplays-that-sell, however, is offset by her playful sense of humor and passion for the craft. Marisa understands what makes writers tick, and her book offers writers the support and encouragement they need to wind themselves up every day and face yet another blank page." Scott Anderson, Director of the Harvard Square Scriptwriters

"Marisa D'Vari shares her creative process openly and honestly. Script Magic is an entertaining and insightful examination of the art, the craft, and the business of screenwriting." Jeremiah Healy, award-winning author of Spiral and The Only Good Lawyer

"Script Magic by Marisa D'Vari is just that: magic. A talented teacher, she takes you behind the creative process, explaining the stages of writing your screenplay and providing valuable exercises toward becoming a "script magician" yourself. D'Vari's manual is a welcome victory for the inner joy of artistry over the soul-numbing mechanics of other how-to books crowding the field. Highly recommended." Ann Zald, Partner, The Screenwriter's Room "A new and inspired way to approach the process of creative screenwriting." Marcia Yudkin, Author, Writing Articles about the World Around You and eight other books.

"If you've been harboring a dream to write the next blockbuster hit, here's how to make it happen. D'Vari's insider perspectives will prevent you from pursuing dead ends and help you manifest creativity you weren't sure you had!" Flo Cameron, freelance sitcom writer, The Nanny

"Marisa's creativity techniques makes brainstorming sitcom ideas and conjuring up character quirks fun and easy." Sonia Choquette, author, Your Heart’s Desire ur Heart's Desire, The Wise Child and True Balanced .rrrr'"D'Vari's Script Magic greases the wheels of creativity and unlocks the secrets of real success in script writing. In showing the writer how to access their greatest natural resource, ( their subconscious mind) and align it with their most powerful creative tool, ( the power of visualization) Script Magic taps any hopeful writer into a literal vein of gold. In using these tools, not only will a writer's script find it's way onto paper, most likely it will find its way to the box office as well. I highly recommend it for anyone who is serious about being a successful writer while having great fun at the same time!

Edition details

• Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0941188744
• ISBN 13: 9780941188746
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250