The Creative Screenwriter: Exercises to Expand Your Craft

Dr. Craig Batty

ISBN 10: 1408137194 / ISBN 13: 9781408137192

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

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2012. 1st Edition. Paperback. The film industry is seeking fresh screenwriting talent, but today's writers don't just need to be accomplished at their craft - they need to be highly creative. The Creative Screenwriter is a workbook of inspiring writing exercises to sharpen the writer's talents. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: CBVS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight in Grams: 190. Exercises to Expand Your Craft. 224 pages. The film industry is seeking fresh screenwriting talent, but today's writers don't just need to be accomplished at their craft - they need to be highly creative. The Creative Screenwriter is a workbook of inspiring writing exercises to sharpen the writer's talents. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: CBVS. Dimension: 129 x 198 x 15. Weight: 190. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Creative Screenwriter: Exercises to Expand Your Craft
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408137194
• ISBN 13: 9781408137192
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Creativity is becoming increasingly important in an age of advanced audience sophistication. It's no longer enough to follow standard writing techniques - becoming a first-class screenwriter demands not only a command of craft, but an understanding of how to unleash and harness creativity.

"The Creative Screenwriter" offers a wealth of inspiring writing exercises designed to help you produce better, more exciting scripts. Each essential area of screenwriting is covered in its own chapter, from learning how to build stories and finding good ideas, to deepening characters and experimenting with structure, to enhancing scene writing and improving pitching. Finally, a range of innovative DIY Script Surgeries encourage you to find solutions to common screenwriting problems, such as overcoming writer's block, managing the rewrite and selling your work.

This is a book to return to again and again. It is a guide for aspiring screenwriters who want to develop a powerful writing practice; a manual for teachers and students seeking discussion and reflection; a bible for professionals wanting to hone their craft and solve script struggles. It will rekindle the creative spark; remind you of why you love writing; and help to express the stories you want to tell – and sell!

About the Authors

Professor Craig Batty is Head of Creative Writing at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

Zara Waldeback is a script consultant and creative specialist currently living in Sweden and working across Europe. She was Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting and Directing at Thames Valley University, UK.