Complete Book of Scriptwriting

Straczynski, J. Michael

ISBN 10: 0898790786 / ISBN 13: 9780898790788

Published by Writers Digest Books, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complete Book of Scriptwriting
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898790786
• ISBN 13: 9780898790788
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Explains how to write and sell plays for television, radio, motion pictures, and the stage and surveys the characteristics and requirements of each medium

Review

Working writer/producer Straczynski has revised his 1981 text -- a standard in many institutions -- and brought it into the '90s, with updates on fluctuating markets, speculation about opportunities in CD-ROMs and anecdotage about Writers' Guild strikes that have occurred in the interval. A handy tome for the novice, since Straczynski covers much basic ground in key areas of writing for film, television, radio, animation and stage. Strongest in the movie/TV areas and also valuable for animation scribes, playwrights might note that their chapter is the thinnest; perhaps it was all apportioned according to what the various disciplines pay?