How to Write a Movie in 21 Days

by King, Viki

• ISBN13: 9780062730664
• ISBN10: 0062730665
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-15
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

The ultimate survival guide, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days takes the aspiring screenwriter the shortest distance from blank page to complete script.

Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step by step process designed to get the story in the writer's onto the page. This method guides the would-be screenwriter through the writing of a movie. It answers such questions as:

-How to clarify the idea you don't quite have yet

-How to tell if your idea is really a movie

-How to move from what you want to say saying it

-How to stop getting ready and start

Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it.

It also addresses such issues as:

-How to pay the rent while paying your dues

-What to say to your spouse when you can't come to bed

-How to keep going when you think you can't

For accomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
THE BIG PICTURE	3	(12)
Promises, Promises	3	(3)
What Is the Inner Movie Method?	6	(9)
HOW TO GET READY	15	(44)
What to Write	15	(24)
How to Write	39	(11)
What You Know So Far	50	(5)
Transition from "Getting Ready" to "Go"	55	(4)
WRITING YOUR MOVIE IN 21 DAYS	59	(120)
Your Random Draft; Write from Your Heart	59	(27)
Your Rewrite Draft; Rewrite from Your Head	86	(47)
EMBRACING THE IMPOSSIBLE OBSTACLES	133	(46)
Zen and the High Art of Getting the Thing Done	133	(2)
The Outer Obstacles	135	(21)
How to Pay the Rent While Paying Your Dues	135	(6)
Time	141	(3)
Place and Stuff	144	(2)
Should I Have a Writing Partner and How Do I Choose One?	146	(4)
The Loved Ones' Guide to the Care and Feeding of a Would-be Screenwriter	150	(3)
The Screenwriter's Family Primer	153	(3)
The Inner Obstacles	156	(23)
Why You've Stopped; How to Keep Going	156	(3)
No Such Thing as Writer's Block	159	(5)
Advanced Hypochondria: A Chronic Approach	164	(3)
Stages and Phases	167	(3)
What Happens When I Get Stuck?	170	(2)
Your Dream	172	(3)
Action	175	(4)
THE LAST WORD There's No Business Like Show Business	179	(8)
Index	187