Choose elements of three other books or authors this book reminds you of:
author Kathie Fong Yoneda, and Christina Hamlett's characteristic elements of humor and a focus on practical insight
With this book, author Christina Hamlett has found a way to reveal the basic principles of screenwriting as a series of short, easy-to-reference concepts. The beginning filmmaker can use the 100 concepts that make up this book as the literary basis for creating a successful YouTube video or short film. In addition, these concepts lay the groundwork for a more in-depth study for the aspiring screenwriter. The author tested her material on Nick Morgan, a teen screenwriter, and credits him with helping her create an approach that appeals to teens.
Made you look, didn’t I? The power of a strong hook has been fueling marketing schemes for years, not the least of which involve the glamour and glitz of writing scripts for the movies.
Writers have often expressed the view that Life is a continuous melting pot of free material; it’s just a matter of soaking it all up and discerning which parts are the most likely to yield commercial success when you put them to paper. To someone like myself who is as much an enthusiast of good writing as I am of good food, the journey to success doesn’t even have to start with taking a step outside one’s front door. If you want your plots to really get cooking, there's no better place for your education to begin than in your own kitchen.
Wally found me - as so many clients do - by reading screenwriting magazines and trolling the Internet for advice. He liked what I had to say and wanted to engage my consulting services to mentor him through his Epic.
Yes, you read that right. Epic. Wally was fixated for some inexplicable reason on Lewis and Clark. In fact, he had spent a good deal of his adult life reading everything he could about the intrepid explorers and decided the time was right to tell The True Story.
