Reading for a Living: How to Be a Professional Story Analyst for Film and Television

by Terri Katahn

Paperback, 1990

Status

Available

Call number

791.430233023

Tags

screenwriting, film, story structure

Genres

Collection

Your library

Publication

Blue Arrow Books (1990), Edition: 1st, Paperback, 177 pages

Description

The entertainment industry's executives are always looking for a great story, but, because they don't have time to read every screenplay that crosses their desk, they rely on story analysts, or readers, who read and pass judgment on submissions. Here is how to get a reader's job and do it well.

Subjects

Story editors (Motion pictures)

Language

English

Physical description

177 p.; 8.3 inches

ISBN

0962580392 / 9780962580390

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