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9781935247012

Making a Good Script Great

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  • ISBN13:

    9781935247012

  • ISBN10:

    1935247018

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-02-15
  • Publisher: INGRAM

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Making a good script great is more than just a matter of putting a good idea on paper. It requires the working and reworking of that idea.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. xi
Preface to the Third Editionp. xiii
Introductionp. xvii
Gathering Ideasp. 1
The Three-Act Structure: Why You Need It and What to Do with Itp. 19
What Do Subplots Do?p. 50
Act Two-How to Keep It Movingp. 65
Establishing a Point of Viewp. 86
Creating the Scenep. 108
Creating a Cohesive Scriptp. 127
Making It Commercialp. 137
Balancing Images and Dialoguep. 158
From Motivation to Goal: Finding Your Character's Spinep. 177
Finding the Conflictp. 186
Creating Multidimensional and Transformational Charactersp. 197
Character Functionsp. 212
A Case Study: Writer Paul Haggis in His Own Wordsp. 229
Indexp. 239
About the Authorp. 252
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