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The Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take

At a Glance

  • An easy to understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need
  • Pinpoints the story structure reasons most new spec scripts don't sell
  • Examples from popular hit movies to present, step by step, his revolutionary Hero Goal Sequences blueprint for writing blockbuster movies.

THE STORY SOLUTION offers a completely new approach to building powerful screen stories that will keep producers, agents and audiences glued to their chairs. Accomplished screenwriter and university professor Eric Edson reveals the 23 actions used in every successful movie to create dynamic, three dimensional heroes while linking together all parts of a captivating screenplay from first page to last. Here are the tools necessary for any writer to construct a forceful emotional ride in his or her storytelling. Clear and fun to read, THE STORY SOLUTION brings to light an innovative way to insure effective plotlines for both screenplays and novels.

“Brilliant. Invaluable for writers and filmmakers. Eric Edson’s book will change the way
screenwriting is conceived of and taught.”
– Michael Hauge, author, lecturer, Hollywood script consultant to Will Smith

“The Rosetta Stone for translating story ideas into powerful screenplays. I’ve made over forty movies and I wish I’d had THE STORY SOLUTION as a guide for every writer I’ve worked with.”
– Steve White, President, New World Feature Films

“Laser sharp insight. A great tool for any screenwriter. I could not imagine a more thoughtful and thorough analysis of screenwriting.”
– Michael Peretzian, Senior Vice President, The William Morris Agency

“A brilliant presentation…tremendously valuable to writers everywhere.”
– Michael Wiese, director, producer, publisher

“Strikes off into new territory. A remarkable teaching tool.”
– Tom Rickman, Academy Award nominated screenwriter, Coal Miner’s Daughter

“Like discovering a new continent. This book may well be the best cure for writer’s block ever written.”
– Jessica Davis Stein, novelist, Coyote Dream

“Demystifies screenwriting and lays out a clear path to a Hollywood sale.”
– Erica Byrne, screenwriter, La Femme Nikita, Hunter

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Meet the Author: Eric Edson

Eric Edson has written seventeen feature screenplays on assignment for such companies as Sony, Warner Brothers, Disney, 20th Fox, ABC Motion Pictures, Lifetime, Showtime, NBC, ABC, TNT, and Skouras Pictures. He has also written for episodic television. He is Professor of Screenwriting and Director of the Graduate Program in Screenwriting at California State University, Northridge, and lectures through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. Eric holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting and Film Directing from the American Film Institute, and a M.F.A. in Playwriting from UCLA. He’s been a member of the Writers’ Guild of America since 1981.
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