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Summary: Those Who Can, Do...
Review: ...and those who can't, teach. Here's Syd Field's list of screenwriting credits, according to the Internet Movie Database: nothing. (He appeared as an actor in one film in 1995) And here's Syd Field, making money writing books on how to write screenplays. Something doesn't quite add up here.Of course, Amazon will censor this review and never run it, because they want to sell you books, and a review that basically says, "this book is crap" won't make it. Which is a shame, because there are so many good screenwriting books out there. Check out Michael Hauge's "Writing Screenplays that Sell" (a great book with an unfortunate title) or Viki King's "How to Write a Movie in 21 Days." But, avoid Syd Field's work at all costs. If you must read it, read it with this one thought in mind: "This is how NOT to do it." Then, you're okay. Otherwise, you fall into the trap that too many in Hollywood have fallen into, and contribute to the downward spiral of commercial film.
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Summary: If you want to know how HOLLYWOOD WORKS !
Review: At first, I thought this was a book about the nuts and bolts of selling your screenplay. Boy, was I delightfully mistaken. This book shows me how the process works that enables you to sell your screenplay. For that, it's absolutely wonderful!! I never knew how buyers buy and sellers sell. Now, that I understand the process, I can taylor my own scripts to the real world, not some phoney intelluctual garbage about what "the market is." I have other books of Syd Field's and I find them useful, inspiring and knowledgeable. I've even bought his video and find it extremely valuable and encouraging.
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Summary: Doesn't QUITE tell you HOW to SELL your script....
Review: Field is an amiable interlocutor, getting copious bon mots from the requisite titans of the film industry -- and they'll tell you WHAT they're "LOOKING FOR" ... but not WHERE to LOCATE THEM WHEN they are LOOKING. No list of agents, no "these-are-the-steps-you-must-follow-in-submitting-a-script" to ______ or _______ or _______. It seems that even if "follow all his (genuinely good and accurate, I'm sure) advice" and even if you have the world's best-script in your hands, say, 1 year after having read this book -- you STILL won't KNOW what to DO with it, nor if or how you may get an agent with it, or a meeting, or a sale, or ... anything .... An initially inspiring, but ultimately, pretty frustrating read ....
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Summary: Syd Field CAN!
Review: I really can't understand the reviewer from Hollywood who says Syd Field can't. He CAN! And luckily for us he DOES! Syd Field is a creative consultant of many years standing who works on more than one thousand scripts per year and knows the industry inside and out--better than anyone now writing books on screenwriting! In this book, Syd shares his wealth of knowledge with us about how Hollywood works. Exactly how it works. And you have to know if you want to make it in this tough, competitive field. I've learned more from Syd's books than from all the other books on screenwriting combined. You can't go wrong with Syd, believe me! Thanks!
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Summary: Syd Field CAN!
Review: I really can't understand the reviewer from Hollywood who says Syd Field can't. He CAN! And luckily for us he DOES! Syd Field is a creative consultant of many years standing who works on more than one thousand scripts per year and knows the industry inside and out--better than anyone now writing books on screenwriting! In this book, Syd shares his wealth of knowledge with us about how Hollywood works. Exactly how it works. And you have to know if you want to make it in this tough, competitive field. I've learned more from Syd's books than from all the other books on screenwriting combined. You can't go wrong with Syd, believe me! Thanks!
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Summary: A good place to start
Review: Syd Field is absolutely, without a doubt the best! In this book, he lets us know why Hollywood chooses one script over another. After years of perfecting your craft, you really deserve to know what Syd does. I thought I knew, but boy was I wrong! Syd, however, showed me the way. This is the best book on selling a screenplay ever written. Buy Screenplay and learn your craft. Then buy Selling a Screenplay and you'll be well on your way to success. My students are.
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Summary: The Best!
Review: Syd Field is absolutely, without a doubt the best! In this book, he lets us know why Hollywood chooses one script over another. After years of perfecting your craft, you really deserve to know what Syd does. I thought I knew, but boy was I wrong! Syd, however, showed me the way. This is the best book on selling a screenplay ever written. Buy Screenplay and learn your craft. Then buy Selling a Screenplay and you'll be well on your way to success. My students are.
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Summary: A good place to start
Review: This is a good, solid introduction to selling your screenplay and finding an agent. There's nothing much here that isn't found in a lot of other books, but someone starting will find this really useful.
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