
SCREENWRIGHT: the craft of screenwriting
Table of Contents
- Screenwriting: the Dream v. the Reality
- The Great American Screenplay
- Earning Good Fortune
- Learning the Craft
- The Five Essentials of Screenwriting
- Reality 101
- Keeping the Dream Alive
- Your Movie's Concept
- What's It All About?
- High Concept
- Good Movie Concepts
- Genre
- Examples
- Loglines
- Exercise
- Is High Concept Necessary?
- Concepts for Learning v. Concepts for Selling
- Your Project's Concept
- Finding Your Writing Method
- Different Strokes for Different Folks
- Tree People v. Forest People
- Tree People: Everything in its Place
- Forest People: Creation is Discovery
- What is Your Natural Writing Method?
- Writing with a Partner
- Take the Natural Writing Method Test
- Your Screenplays's Structure and Format
- Two Views of Structure
- The Two Worlds of Your Story
- Structure for Tree People
- Beginning, Middle, End
- Stories Are About People
- Goal + Obstacle = Conflict
- The 3-Act Paradigm
- The 3-Act Paradigm at Work: Examples
- Spinoffs of the 3-Act Paradigm
- The 3-Act Paradigm Worksheet
- "American Movies Are About What Happens Next"
- The Bottom Line: Finding Your Structure
- Getting Ready to Write
- Your Project's Structure
- Structure for Forest People
- Barebones Structure
- The Hero Leads the Way
- The "Villain" Must Be Formidable
- "American Movies Are About What Happens Next"
- First Draft As Discovery
- Your Project's Structure
- Format, Format, Who's Got the Format?
- The Elements of Screenplay Format
- The Four Basic Elements
- Other Elements & Considerations
- TV Formats
- Software for Screenwriters
- Your Hero's Challenge: Writing Act One
- Before You Start Writing
- Doing Research
- The Hook
- The Complication
- The Hero's Call to Action
- The Plot Point
- My Turn: Writing Act One
- Your Project's Act One
- Review: Focusing on Action
- Review: Focusing on Character
- Clay is not Cement
- Increasing Jeopardy: Writing Act Two (Part One)
- Reviewing Act One
- Looking Closely at Act IIA
- What Does the Hero Want Now?
- The Antagonist Moves Forward
- Intermingling Subplot With Plot
- Ways to Build Suspense and Tension
- The Midpoint Plot Point
- From Theory to Writing
- Starting Your Second Act
- Aiming for the Stars: Writing Act Two (Part Two)
- Keeping the Hero in Focus
- Cast Yourself a Superstar
- The Rhythm of Tension
- Into the Jaws of Defeat
- The Second Act Plot Point
- Writing the Second Act, or the Honeymoon in Hell
- Finishing Your Second Act
- An Act Two Check List
- The Hero's Showdown: Writing Act Three
- Looking at Act Three
- The Ticking Clock
- Gunfight at the Okay Corral
- The Hero's Growth
- Must You Have a Happy Ending?
- Bliss is Typing FADE OUT
- Finishing Your Script
- An Act Three Check List
- From FADE OUT to FADE IN: Preparing to Rewrite
- Writing is REwriting
- The Chainsaw is Your Friend
- The Forest for Tree People
- The Trees for Forest People
- Re-Visualizing Your Story
- Never a Wasted Moment
- Does the Hero Grow?
- Checking Your Protagonist and Antagonist
- Does Your Prose Sizzle?
- Is the Audience Satisfied?
- Rewriting the Script
- Rewriting Your Script
- A Final Check List
- Screenplay Analysts
- Staging a Reading of Your Screenplay
- Tricks of the Trade
- Read, Watch, Study!
- Your Life is Your Best Material
- Should You Join a Writers Group?
- Start a New Screenplay
- The Zen of Screenwriting
- Marketing Your Screenplay
- Protecting Your Work
- Preparing the Package
- The Pro's and Con's of Contests
- When Are You Ready to Market?
- Writing the Query Letter
- Query Strategies
- Contacting Producers
- Contacting Agents
- Making a Marketing Plan
- The Development Process
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place
- Keeping the Faith
- Building a Screenwriting Career
- Find Your World
- Prioritize Your Energy
- Your Movie Concept - Again
- Find Opportunities
- Should You Move to LA?
- The Writing Life
- Final Thoughts
SCREENWRIGHT: the craft of screenwriting
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