For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!

For the first time, a professional writing instructor and movie buff will take you through the steps necessary to craft your own commercial novel using techniques found in your favorite films.

What can Hollywood's biggest features teach you about writing?

¥ How to watch movies with a writer's eye

¥ Infusing character traits into scenes and plots

¥ Using material goals to show internal motivation

¥ Techniques for making scenes do double duty, including foreshadowing and flashback

¥ What is a credibility gap, and how you should bridge it

Plus: Three 'tricks' for fixing holes in your plot, characters or anything else in your story.

Thompson guides you frame by frame through the ins and outs of writing a hit, in a text that is packed with "Quick Tips" and "Quick Fixes." This is an indispensable reference work that will have you polishing your prose--and preparing it for publication--in no time!