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CREATING UNFORGETABLE CHARACTERS
Everything you need to create memorable characters is in this book, from doing the necessary research, defining characters, developing their psychology and relationships with other characters, fleshing out the story with supporting and minor characters, and solving character problems. The chapter on writing dialogue and creating the back-story is excellent. This is a wonderful book for the novelist, short story writer and the screenwriter because the writing makes it easy to understand the how and why of making characters more believable to your reader or audience. Lots of good case histories from interviews with top writers in theater and the movies. Many questions listed for writers to check their work.

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CREATING UNFORGETABLE CHARACTERS
Everything you need to create memorable characters is in this book, from doing the necessary research, defining characters, developing their psychology and relationships with other characters, fleshing out the story with supporting and minor characters, and solving character problems. The chapter on writing dialogue and creating the back-story is excellent. This is a wonderful book for the novelist, short story writer and the screenwriter because the writing makes it easy to understand the how and why of making characters more believable to your reader or audience. Lots of good case histories from interviews with top writers in theater and the movies. Many questions listed for writers to check their work.

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SCREENWRITING: THE FOUNDATIONS OF SCREENWRITING REVISED EDITION
A real gem on the craft of screenwriting, this fourth edition of Syd Field's preeminent book on screenwriting provides easily understood guidelines for writing a screenplay, from concept to finished product. Field makes the art of film writing accessible to novices and helps practiced writers improve their scripts, as he pinpoints stylistic and structural elements such as characterization and plot (and why the first ten pages are crucial). This masterful book provides tips and techniques on screenplay format; collaborations; adaptations; what to do after your screenplay is written and more. The highly-regarded scripts of Chinatown and Silver Streak are used to illustrate concepts.

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SPEC FORMAT GUIDE
Since spec scripts are judged by their proper and up-to-date format, it's your job to make sure your scripts not only read well but look professional as well. This 48-page guide to current spec format (according to industry guidelines) gives you everything you need to know to ensure your screenplays get noticed.

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THE 101 HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL SCREENWRITERS
Author Karl Iglesias, Hollywood story analyst and development executive, personally interviewed these top contemporary scribes to learn their hints, tips, and advice for making it as a screenwriter. In The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, you’ll learn how to make the greatest impact with a screenplay, using pacing, dialogue, and character development. You’ll also follow each writer through a typical “day in the life,” sharing eye-opening experiences that will amaze, amuse, and ultimately, inspire you.

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THE WRITER’S GUIDE TO CHARACTER TRAITS
From soccer moms to serial killers, The Writer's Guide to Character Traits explores a range of personality types and provides the insights you need to make your characters come alive. Here you'll find more than 400 easy-to-reference listings especially designed for your needs as a writer.

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WRITING DIALOGUE
In an upbeat, authoritative style, Writing Dialogue gives the reader a thorough understanding and a strong foundation of this key element of the fiction-writing craft. Writing Dialogue takes a sophisticated yet accessible approach that will attract readers of all levels of skill and experience. And it's clear, practical instruction will be useful to writers in any form and genre, since dialogue appears in every type of fiction.

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WRITING THE ROMANTIC COMEDY: HOW TO CRAFT A SCREENPLAY THAT WILL SELL
What makes ‘Annie Hall,’ ‘When Harry Met Sally,’ ‘Tootsie,’ and ‘The Lady Eve’ classics in the genre called romantic comedy? According to writer/teacher Mernit, all have seven essential plot points that could definitely impact your writing success. The book, an outgrowth of his program, Writing the Romantic Comedy for UCLA Extension, reflects Mernit’s experience as a story analyst for Universal Studios, Sony and Paramount, and his leaning towards the romantic was most likely honed in his work as a composer and as a writer for NBC’s ‘Santa Barbara.’ His eight provocative writing exercises will spark your imagination, and his sage advice for creating credible characters in believable story plots are applicable to any style of film, but particularly the romantic comedy. The exercises encourage you to write material as real as possible, personal, and how you can take risks for endings that truly satisfy the audience. Great list of 100 noteworthy films, of which 12 are available in screenplay form to study. Sure, he reminds us about character, structure, and dialogue, but the emphasis is on finding what is funny, sexy, and credible. The rewrite checklist for POV, theme, sensuality, humor, and image elements is worth the price of the book. Written in a very chatty easy-to-follow style, this book contains inspiring and specific information surrounded by good film analysis.

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YOUR SCREENPLAY SUCKS!: 100 WAYS TO MAKE IT GREAT
All beginning writers make the same mistakes — and many “pros” do, too! Because nobody in Hollywood will give your script a second chance, it better be perfect the first time out. No longer will you worry that a producer or story executive will toss your script in the garbage at page fifteen because Your Screenplay Sucks! Akers’ checklist will eliminate all the flaws in your screenplay, guaranteeing a cover-to-cover read. This book includes the most comprehensive checklist of fatal errors all writers make — and then provides the tools to fix them. In today’s highly competitive story market, this is the only book that finds the flaws in your script — like a heat-seeking missile — and shows you how to eliminate them.

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