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Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you''ll ever read.

Practical exercises will teach you the craft of writing for film and television, both mainstream and independent, the art of building your own plots, characters, dialogue and scenes. It gives you the skills you need to succeed and helps you critique your own work, meaning that at every step of the writing process you''ll be producing the best scripts you can.

This book is filled with essential writing tools, including techniques for overcoming writer''s block and how to find your unique voice. You will learn how to pitch and get your work optioned, how to work as part of a team and how to make the best use of social media - in all a comprehensive companion that you will keep coming back to as your career develops.

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The Teach Yourself Creative Writing

Complete Screenwriting Course

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      Publisher John Murray Press
      Published 17 October 2014
      ISBN-13 9781471801761
      978-1471801761
      ISBN-10 1471801764
      Also in:
      Dictionaries, Reference & Language Creative writing Screenwriting techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Designed to take you from the moment you first put your pen to paper to pitching and selling your completed screenplay, this is one of the most inspiring books on screenwriting you''ll ever read.

      Practical exercises will teach you the craft of writing for film and television, both mainstream and independent, the art of building your own plots, characters, dialogue and scenes. It gives you the skills you need to succeed and helps you critique your own work, meaning that at every step of the writing process you''ll be producing the best scripts you can.

      This book is filled with essential writing tools, including techniques for overcoming writer''s block and how to find your unique voice. You will learn how to pitch and get your work optioned, how to work as part of a team and how to make the best use of social media - in all a comprehensive companion that you will keep coming back to as your career develops.

      ABOUT THE SERIES
      The Teach Yourself Creative Writing

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