Character and Conflict : The Cornerstones of Screenwriting

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Summary: Disappointment
Review: I was looking forward to reading this book. Huge disappointment. For example, definition of premise: a story-line that is based upon an argument (Dramatica states the same argument). Okay, so a story is really just the proving or disproving of some homily, platitude, or proverb, such as "haste makes waste." This is such an unsophisticated reason for writing a story that it's almost silly. Find the right proverb and you have the correct foundation for a blockbuster! Nuts. The book is mis-titled. It's more of a how-to screenwriting book, than, as the title implies, an examination or analysis of character and conflict. Caveat emptor.