Collaborative Screenwriting and Story Development (Hardcover)

Marc Handler

ISBN 10: 1032531096 / ISBN 13: 9781032531090

Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 2023

About this Item

Hardcover. This is a comprehensive guide to teach writing and story development from a collaborative global perspective.This book teaches writers how to take full advantage of emerging opportunities, both locally and globally. With an increasing number of international co-productions and many screenwriters now working collaboratively in writers rooms and development groups, author Marc Handler explains how to work cooperatively with others to break stories, plan seasons, create characters, and build series. To succeed, readers will learn how to give and receive feedback effectively, adapt to the style and constraints of executives and brands, and contribute to the team building process, all within an increasingly global media industry that is in constant flux. This book will help readers develop a global perspective, ensuring that they are prepared for new opportunities as they arise. Marc Handler provides cultural insight and understanding as he describes the fundamentals as well as advanced story skills.This book is essential reading for students taking classes such as Screenwriting Fundamentals, Writing for Film and TV, Introduction to Television Writing, and Advanced Screenwriting, as well as aspiring and early career screenwriters, showrunners, producers, and creative executives. This is a comprehensive guide to teach writing and story development from a collaborative perspective, explaining how to take advantage of opportunties, both locally and globally. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Screenwriting and Story Development (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032531096
• ISBN 13: 9781032531090
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This is a comprehensive guide to teach writing and story development from a collaborative global perspective.

This book teaches writers how to take full advantage of emerging opportunities, both locally and globally. With an increasing number of international co-productions and many screenwriters now working collaboratively in writers rooms and development groups, author Marc Handler explains how to work cooperatively with others to break stories, plan seasons, create characters, and build series. To succeed, readers will learn how to give and receive feedback effectively, adapt to the style and constraints of executives and brands, and contribute to the team building process, all within an increasingly global media industry that is in constant flux. This book will help readers develop a global perspective, ensuring that they are prepared for new opportunities as they arise. Marc Handler provides cultural insight and understanding as he describes the fundamentals as well as advanced story skills.

This book is essential reading for students taking classes such as Screenwriting Fundamentals, Writing for Film and TV, Introduction to Television Writing, and Advanced Screenwriting, as well as aspiring and early career screenwriters, showrunners, producers, and creative executives.

About the Author

Marc Handler is a former executive producer at The Walt Disney Company, China and is currently an international consultant for CCTV, China’s largest media company. He is an award-winning screenwriter who has written two popular animated feature films, and several animation series in China, Japan, and in the U.S., and has been a development executive for several successful live action TV series. His company, Thruline Productions, does development for American, Asian, and European media projects. He has taught screenwriting classes and workshops at the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles City College (LACC), and at various venues in the U.S. and China.