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Grow A Screenplay The Natural Way, Second Edition

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Writing a screenplay appeals to me as a writer of novels and short stories. Anyone who has read the more technical books on how to write screenplays -- and glazed over -- will appreciate the clarity and simplicity with which George Perez has presented his concept. He will teach you to turn a short story into a screenplay in easy steps. And why not? Look what Spielberg did with a Richard Matheson short story -- it became the movie "Duel" with Dennis Weaver. I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to get off to a good start writing screenplays.

I found this book to be highly educational and easy to follow. The author did an excellent job on the screenplay featured as an example in the book. The plot kept my attention and cleverly gave several examples of direction. This book makes screenwriting seem like a natural progression from a simple short story. I also appreciated the fact that the book itself is the size of a script and has not been shrunk down to a regular trade paperback size. This fact also helps to make the experience more authentic and captures the imagination. This book is also a great method of self-education for someone not wishing to spend astronomical fees for classes and workshops. The price of the book is low and affordable for the struggling writer. I find the theories behind the book to be inventive and facinating.

Save your money. Essence of the book: write your screenplay as a short story, before you write the screenplay. OK. I've saved you the price of this book, If you put CUT TO and POV, and other direction/camera instructions in your script today, no Hollywood script reader will ever read past the first page.