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Summary: Good advice, but some parts not absolute.
Review: After downloading a few scripts from drew's scriptoroama, Basic Instinct, Fargo, Blade Runeer (the original Hampton Fancher version ), etc., I thought it would be a good idea to get familiar with what is recommended practice., since scripts tend to look pretty similar but with inconsistencies in some of the details.Cole and Haag give plenty of clear advice, coupled with why the block elements and the inner details of a script are formatted and timed as they are. The section dealing with the setting up of a word processor to make the work easier was somewhat garbled, but the part for typewriter set up looked to be okay. This is a book well worth having, so that you can format and structure your script to be as effective as possible, and to take care of the parts that script formatting applications such as Final Draft 6.0 or Screenwriter 2000 don't attend to. A minor example would be capitalising text to highlight sounds in a direction section.
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Summary: An essential tool for all screenwriters
Review: I have a lot of books on scriptwriting. This one by far is the best reference book I've found. Before you can sell your script, you need an agent; before you can get an agent, you need a script written in the proper format (I can't emphasize this enough!); and this book tells you everything you need to create an industry-standard script. This book is a "MUST" for anyone writing or thinking about writing a script!
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Summary: A "MUST" for all potential scriptwriters!
Review: I have a lot of books on scriptwriting. This one by far is the best reference book I've found. Before you can sell your script, you need an agent; before you can get an agent, you need a script written in the proper format (I can't emphasize this enough!); and this book tells you everything you need to create an industry-standard script. This book is a "MUST" for anyone writing or thinking about writing a script!
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Summary: MY BIBLE... and I'm a professional screenwriter/producer.
Review: I run an annual screenplay competiton and read 100+ scripts a year - I recommend this book to ALL my writers. My copy is dog-eared, highlighted, and post-it flagged. THERE IS NO BETTER BOOK YOU CAN BUY!
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Summary: An Old Book with a Homemade Look
Review: I've just finished my first script. I suppose it's okay, but not awesome. I've read a half dozen books on screenplays. Of those books, this one is likely one of the least helpful. It was writen in 1983!! and hasn't been updated. I suspect that much of the formatting advice this book offers is now out of date, old fashioned to what professional script writers are doing this days. Two newer books I would recommend instead would be CRAFTY SCREENWRITING by Alex Epstein (2002) and HOW NOT TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY by Denny Flinn (1999). You'll get modern formatting information from these books PLUS a lot more useful advice about how to write well.
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Summary: Intricacies of Screenwriting Revealed
Review: The first time I looked at a screenplay script format, I thought I'd never be able to understand what went where and why. After a few days with "The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats," I felt like an expert. It should be understood that this book is an excellent resource for understanding the format component of writing a screenplay. It does not address the art writing or the literary aspects of how to construct a story suitable for making into a film. If you've already got the story down and learning the proper format for your first screenplay is your task at hand, this is the book for you.
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Summary: Intricacies of Screenwriting Revealed
Review: The first time I looked at a screenplay script format, I thought I'd never be able to understand what went where and why. After a few days with "The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats," I felt like an expert. It should be understood that this book is an excellent resource for understanding the format component of writing a screenplay. It does not address the art writing or the literary aspects of how to construct a story suitable for making into a film. If you've already got the story down and learning the proper format for your first screenplay is your task at hand, this is the book for you.
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Summary: The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats : The Screenpl
Review: THIS BOOK IS ONE OF THE MOST INFORMATIVE BOOKS THAT I HAVE READ ON THE SUBJECT. THE EASY FORMAT THAT IT IS IN (TEXT BOOK) ALLOWS THE READER TO LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY PUT TOGETHER A SCREENPLAY AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME DOES NOT BELITTLE THE PERSON THAT HAS ALREADY WRITTEN THE SCREENPLAY IN THE COMPLETLY INCORRECT FORMAT.
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Summary: The title says it all!
Review: This is the most valuable book anyone interested in writing a screenplay can own. It covers the history and reason behind the screenplay format better than any other book I've read on the subject. Although the format outline is primarily typewriter based, and the word processor settings actually differ slightly from the typewriter settings, anyone who really knows how to use their word processor will be able to create a template based on the format settings outlined in this book. There are even templates already available for download from the internet which have been designed based on the outline provided in this book, including one which I created. This book details virtually everything you'll ever need to know about writing either a reading or production script in the proper format, however, since this book is designed to teach script format, and not how to write, you'll have to look elsewhere for information on how to craft a good story. If you're serious about writing a screenplay in the accepted Hollywood format, then I highly recommend that you buy this book.
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Summary: The title says it all!
Review: This is the most valuable book anyone interested in writing a screenplay can own. It covers the history and reason behind the screenplay format better than any other book I've read on the subject. Although the format outline is primarily typewriter based, and the word processor settings actually differ slightly from the typewriter settings, anyone who really knows how to use their word processor will be able to create a template based on the format settings outlined in this book. There are even templates already available for download from the internet which have been designed based on the outline provided in this book, including one which I created. This book details virtually everything you'll ever need to know about writing either a reading or production script in the proper format, however, since this book is designed to teach script format, and not how to write, you'll have to look elsewhere for information on how to craft a good story. If you're serious about writing a screenplay in the accepted Hollywood format, then I highly recommend that you buy this book.
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