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Summary: A must after your 1st draft
Review: Linda Seeger's book is the perfect read right after you finished your rough draft and can't see what's wrong with it. Of course reading this book will show you why writers re-write everything SO much. If you finish this book and still think your script is done after the 1st draft, my guess is you should re-read it.The book stays interesting, has enough fresh information and good concepts and it demands a great deal of your writing. It was far more helpful and more insightful than any of the other screenwriting books I have read so far. Greg
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Summary: You, Ma'am, Are No Robert McKee
Review: Unbelievably frustrating writing and shoddy organization keep this book from being even a moderately valuable screen-writing resource. Seger has some good ideas and some good advice, but if you respect and enjoy the English language and hate to see it roughed up by a mediocre writer, stay away from this book. A much, much better choice is Robert McKee's "Story," by far the best book about screen-writing available.
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Summary: A Beginner's Guide To Screenwriting
Review: For someone who is new in the world of screenwriting, this book is an excellent introduction to the structure and tricks screenwriters use to make a good script great. Linda Seger lays out each step clearly and in a fashion easily comprehendible, including excerpts from films that excel at each step. I would recommend, though, watching some of the films mentioned prior to reading the book. Unforgiven, Out Of Africa, Back To The Future, Witness, and Tootsie are a few. Out of all the screenwriting books, Linda Seger's 'Making A Good Script Great' has to be one of the easiest to read, and the best for beginners.
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Summary: No Serious Screenwriter Should Be Without This Book
Review: As a professional screenwriter and university screenwriting teacher, I have found this book invaluable as have many of my colleagues. There's always a moment in every script, when inspiration falters. I read a few pages of Linda's book and ideas begin to break through the barrier of my unconscious. I reccommend this and every one of her books.
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Summary: This helped me out in a bind
Review: I'm not a natural at screenwriting, and frequently found myself burning the proverbial midnight oil when writing my first script. Fortunately, this and other references were available to me. I am not one who follows written direction very well, but this was a special part of my development as a writer.
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Summary: Glad I found this on your site
Review: I collect screenwriting guides. I was glad to find this one. I draw from the good advice that this and the many other screenwriting guides that sit upon my shelf alongside this to help improve my craft. Though this is not THE authority, it is very well written.
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Summary: Tres magnifique, Linda Seger!
Review: This is truly a valuable book for the budding aspiring screenwriter. I bought it sometime ago to abet my career when I was beginning. Even with experience, I still resort to this one for its timeless advice. I appreciate Linda Seger's simple yet succint style.
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Summary: Not comprehensive enough
Review: I found the content of this book too skimpy to really be a help. The formula it presented is too simplified to be applied universally to all screenplays. Yes, screenwriting is basic, but not all screenplays are equal and I think it is wrong to try to sqeeze all screenplays into a mold.
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Summary: A Very Good Reference
Review: As a screenwriter and screenwriting instructor, I think this book is a very good reference. It doesn't teach you how to write a screenplay; Ms. Seger assumes you already know how to do that. What this book does do and what where its power lies, is in its ability to add depth to every screenplay you write whether it be drama or comedy, traditional or innovative. I think the book is more for intermediate and advanced students but even beginners can get a better handle on just what makes a good script great by reading this book. Some of the chapters would be of interest to writers of novels as well. While this book alone won't make you a great (or even a good) scriptwriter, it will enrich your writing and it's a reference that belongs on every screenwriter's bookshelf.
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Summary: Already Way, Way Beyond It
Review: As a beginning screenwriting student I picked up this book expecting to find, not a miracle, but some good tips. Instead I found the content to be so elementary that even I, a beginning student, am way, way beyond everything the book presents. I also thought the contents were "preachy" and detracted from the overall presentation of the material. To me, at least, this is an old fashioned book and really won't help anyone in the highly competitive market of today's modern screenplays. END
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