So You Want to Be a Screenwriter: How to Face the Fears and Take the Risks

This is the first book to provide screenwriters with the inspiration and support they need to fulfill their dreams of creating powerful scripts for film and television. Writer/producer Sara Caldwell and writer/therapist Marie-Eve Kielson combine psychological insight with practical knowledge of the industry to provide a unique and personal approach to screenwriting, offering sensible, motivational tips on how to:

• Prepare for the challenges of a screenwriting career
• Create meaningful stories and believable characters
• Overcome writer's block
• Explore the power of collaboration

Also included are helpful self-evaluation questionnaires for each stage of the screenwriting process. Informative interviews with such accomplished screenwriters as Tony Bui (Three Seasons), David Marconi (Enemy of the State), Anne Rapp (Cookie's Fortune), and Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters) provide the real-life feedback that screenwriters often need to thrive.