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The Art of Screenwriting: Narrative and Structure: Scott Frank and Steven Zaillian

First presented as part of the Writers Guild Foundation's prestigious Words into Pictures event, each program features top Hollywood motion picture writers discussing specific aspects of the challenging art of writing for the screen and their different approaches to their craft.

This program teaches how to get started, the main idea and servicing it, finding a movies spine, sources of inspiration, outlining, characters' relationship with structure, description, research, instinct vs. technique, writing a script vs. selling one. Subjects covered include:

  • How to tell a good story
  • Which stories are worth telling and which aren't
  • Character arcs; real and illusory
  • Finding a movie's spine
  • The use of myth and theme as organizing concepts

90 min.

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Meet the Author: Scott Frank

Meet the Author: Steven Zaillian

$49.95