The Screenwriter Within: How to Turn the Movie in Your Head into a Salable Screenplay

by D. B. Gilles

Paperback, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

808.23

Tags

screenwriting, film

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Three Rivers Press (2000), Edition: 1st ed, Paperback, 240 pages

Description

In a funny and honest style, this book takes the beginning screenwriter through all the various stages of writing a screenplay. Using both pop culture references and one's own personal history, D.B. Gilles shows how big screen stories can come from the smaller events in everyday life.

Subjects

Motion picture authorship
Television authorship

Language

English

Physical description

240 p.; 8.02 inches

ISBN

0609804952 / 9780609804957

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