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Scriptwriting Rules: A guide to the professional methods of scriptwriting and editing
Scriptwriting Rules is an essential guide to the rules and guidelines for writing a perfect script or screenplay and follow-up to the hugely successful 'How to write Comedy Characters'. Written by a commissioned screenwriter it compiles tens years worth of useful tips that outline what producers are really looking for when they read a film, series or short film script.
When Paul started out in the industry he was frustrated by the rules that govern screenwriting at every point in the process. It seemed to ruin his creativity and stall his stories. Yet, once mastered, it allowed him to construct and write stories that started turning the heads of the people that mattered. Knowing how to write a script has gained him recognition, commission and allowed him to work on flagship British drama and comedy.
Written in bitesize, easy to digest sections this book allows you to understand the rules quickly and concisely so that you can spend your precious time applying them to your own work efficiently. Using stories from his own time in the industry and anecdotal examples, Scriptwriting Rules looks at the main areas for consideration:
Premise
Story
Character
Dialogue
Editing
Including a bonus trouble shooting script-editor's table at the end, 'Scriptwriting Rules' is the perfect companion for the screenwriter or script editor. Whether writing or re-drafting, knowing the rules will make sure you get it right.
“What Paul did for my writing has been amazing. His industry experience has given me a step by step recipe for creating amazing scripts. After taking his course and using his development services I was able to take my ideas, which existed as notes on paper, and turn them into a script and then a filmed pilot sketch show. Absolutely no chance this could have been done without Paul’s one to one mentoring and advice.”
Ryan McCrostie, London
When Paul started out in the industry he was frustrated by the rules that govern screenwriting at every point in the process. It seemed to ruin his creativity and stall his stories. Yet, once mastered, it allowed him to construct and write stories that started turning the heads of the people that mattered. Knowing how to write a script has gained him recognition, commission and allowed him to work on flagship British drama and comedy.
Written in bitesize, easy to digest sections this book allows you to understand the rules quickly and concisely so that you can spend your precious time applying them to your own work efficiently. Using stories from his own time in the industry and anecdotal examples, Scriptwriting Rules looks at the main areas for consideration:
Premise
Story
Character
Dialogue
Editing
Including a bonus trouble shooting script-editor's table at the end, 'Scriptwriting Rules' is the perfect companion for the screenwriter or script editor. Whether writing or re-drafting, knowing the rules will make sure you get it right.
“What Paul did for my writing has been amazing. His industry experience has given me a step by step recipe for creating amazing scripts. After taking his course and using his development services I was able to take my ideas, which existed as notes on paper, and turn them into a script and then a filmed pilot sketch show. Absolutely no chance this could have been done without Paul’s one to one mentoring and advice.”
Ryan McCrostie, London
65 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 29, 2012
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