Screenwriters and Screenwriting: Putting Practice into Context

Screenwriters and Screenwriting is an innovative, fresh and lively book that is useful for both screenwriting practice and academic study. It is international in scope, with case studies and analyses from the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, Ireland and Denmark. The book presents a distinctive collection of chapters from creative academics and critical practitioners that serve one purpose: to put aspects of screenwriting practice into their relevant contexts. Focusing on how screenplays are written, developed and received, the contributors challenge assumptions of what 'screenwriting studies' might be, and celebrates the role of the screenwriter in the creation of a screenplay. It is intended to be thought provoking and stimulating, with the ultimate aim of inspiring current and future screenwriting practitioners and scholars.

Craig Batty is Dean of Research at University of South Australia, Australia Elisabeth Lewis Corley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Ann Igelstrom, Bangor University, UK Kate Iles, Roehampton University, UK Helen Jacey, Bournemouth University, UK Hester Joyce, La Trobe University, Australia Shaun Kimber, Bournemouth University, UK Susan Liddy, University of Limerick, Ireland Alec McAulay, Yokohama National University, Japan Joseph Megel, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Margot Nash, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Díóg O'Connell, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland Christopher Pullen, Bournemouth University, UK Marilyn Tofler, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Paul Wells, Loughborough University, UK