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Summary: If you're only going to buy one screenwriting book...
Review: "The Bible" provides everything you need under one cover: primer, industry formatting guide, workbook, marketing plan, and a list of resources including contests. It is one of the top selling screenwriting books available, is endorsed by numerous Hollywood insiders, and is a Writer's Digest Book Club "Featured Selection." And now it is revised (that's the edition featured by Amazon). Yes, I am the author, and I receive mail every week from happy readers. I hope you become one. Please forgive me, I couldn't keep myself from commenting
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Summary: Done Deal's Review of "The Screenwriter's Bible"
Review: "Trottier's guide is absolutely indispensable. The 'six books in one' guide is for any screenwriter who wants to write their screenplay, improve their screenplay, format their screenplay, and market and sell their screenplay."The Screenwriter's Bible gives you more information that you could get out of almost any other screenwriting book or seminar. You couldn't learn this much information if you kidnapped Syd Field and made him personally teach you the aspects of the screenplay."
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Summary: Good, but a little too flip and high-handed
Review: Along with his meat and potatoes, author gives an ambsolutely horrible "example" of a script. Meant to be funny, but commiting too many mistakes that novices will take to heart as models to follow. Samples of SUCCESSFUL scripts (not just the author's own "phone-it-in" examples) are absent. One "inside" trick that he fails to mention is that "reverse-adapting" a novel from your script (much easier to sell to a publisher) puts you on the fast track to getting (nay, DEMANDING) the right to do the first-draft screenplay adaptation. (Which, obviously, you already have ready to go!) For specific tips on adapting your idea into a highly commercial, salable novel, read "Seven Strategies in Every Best-Seller"--which also gives practical insights into creating compelling characters who appeal to an audience and whom A-list actors want to play.
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Summary: The Bible
Review: And what a great bible it is. Very informative. This guy knows his stuff. Very helpful. Highley reccommended
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Summary: Highly Recommended!
Review: As the author of "Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets" I highly recommend screenwriters to read "The Screenwriter's Bible." This book solves many of the problems of properly formatting screenplays. The book solidly sets up the structure of the story you are writing in the proper script format -- precisely what agents and production companies need to submit a script to higher levels of management for a green light. If you follow the advice given in this book, you will have a screenplay with the major critical elements installed. This will satisfy story analysts. You'll be satisfied with the results, too! This book is of high value to the screenwriter, as a properly formatted script will be recognized as a professional submission in Hollywood. Professional submissions are a prime critical element that gets script's sold!
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Summary: Fundamentals of writing, formatting, and selling a script
Review: Author David Trottier's monthly columns on screenplay format for Scr(i)pt Magazine are always a must-read, so I had high hopes for his book, which I probably should have read a long time ago. I wasn't disappointed.
The Screenwriter's Bible presents everything a beginning or novice screenwriter needs to put together a professional script and market it. The information is concise and clearly presented so anybody can grasp it, using lots of concrete examples, some from classic movies and some from the author's own scripts. The Screenwriter's Bible is divided into six sub-books. Book I outlines story-telling basics, including information specific to movie-making. The second book is a step-by-step workbook putting the Book I knowledge to use. Book III is all about format--and this is, perhaps, the book's greatest strength and the reason most people buy it. The information is current and well-organized. Book IV is about how to make your spec script stand out from the crowd, from a script consultant's point of view, and offers sound advice for revising and polishing. Book V covers how to market a script (an art form in itself). The last book is a list of resources, such as consultants, books and websites, contests, conferences, etc. If I have one picky comment, it's the made-up script Trottier uses to illustrate the different elements of format. It's intended to be a joke, but it's so bad it's distracting. I would think someone who sets himself up as an expert would come up with a sample that better illustrates his talent and serves as an example to his students.
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Summary: David Trottier's "The Screenwriter's Bible"
Review: David Trottier's "The Screenwriter's Bible" is absolutely the best book I've ever read on this subject. He inspires you to write and tells you exactly how to do it. His advice is explicit and current, his examples well-chosen and illustrative. Thank you, Mr. Trottier! I couldn't have written my spec script without you! - V. Kneifl
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Summary: Jury is still out
Review: Having a hard time with this book. The organizational style is a little unclear, and filled with rules followed by exceptions to the rules. Things like don't *ever* do this, unless it works. I'm giving it a re-read to see if it makes any more sense a second time.
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Summary: Impressive
Review: Having just had one of my scripts produced -- then being introduced to this book... I wish it was the other way around. Great read -- invaluable to anyone in the business.
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Summary: I bought this and love it.
Review: I actually didn't buy it here. I bought it at ScreenStyle.com because they have free shipping but it's an excellent book. If you're not careful you might think it's just for formatting but there is a lot more "how-to" write a screenplay. Great for beginners and those rare professionals.
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