Exercises and step-by-step, instructions for creating a successful screenplay

No one knows more about screenwritingthan Syd Field – and now the ultimate Hollywood insider shares his secrets and expertise, completely updating his bestselling workbook for a new generation of screenwriters. Filled with new material – including fresk inight and anecdotes from the author and analyses of films from Pulp Fiction to Brokeback Mountain – The screenwriters workbook is your very own hands-on workshop, the book that allows you to participate in the processes that have made Syd Fields workshoops invaluable to beginners and working prfessionals alike. Follow this workbook through to the finish, and you’ll end up with a complete and salable script!

LEARN HOW TO:

• Define the idea on which your script will be built
• Create the model – the paradigm – that professionals use
• Bring your characters to life
• Write a dialogue like a pro
• Structure your screenplay for success from the crucial first pages to the final act

Here are systematic instructions, easy-to-follow exercises, a clear explanation of screetwriting basics, and expert advice at every turn – all the moment-to-moment, like-to-line help you need to transform your initial idea into a professional screenplay thats earmarked for success.