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November 6, 2000 0240803841 978-0240803845 1
The New Scriptwriter's Journal places you, the writer, in the center of the complex and challenging process of scriptwriting. Charge up your imagination while learning how to write a professional screenplay. This informational and inspirational guide details the creative aspects of scriptwriting such as crafting dialogue and shaping characters.

Inside, you'll find blank pages to jot down your thoughts, ideas, and responses to the text, creating your own source book of script ideas. Whether you're an indie filmmaker longing to shoot your first digital feature or an aspiring screenwriter writing a spec script for Hollywood, your journal will be an invaluable resource.


Special chapters offer insights on adaptation, ethics of screenwriting, and the future of storytelling in the digital age, as well as alternative storytelling.
Additionally, The New Scriptwriter's Journal includes an invaluable annotated guide to periodicals, trade publications, books, catalogs, production directories, script sources. scriptwriting software, and internet resources.


Blank pages allow for recordign thoughts and ideas, therefore creating your own sourcebook of ideas
Provides new information on industry trends and rpatices which will help to market the finished script
Enhanced study of character development and motivation

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"I like the focus on process and the "inner journey". It flows with the teaching methods I use.'
-Prof. James Anderson, Chaffey College

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This edition includes an examination of alternative methods of storytelling. The sections on shaping stories and developing characters and dialog have been significantly expanded and updated to reflect current writing trends. New information and advice on marketing the finished script bring this book up-to-date with current industry attitudes and practices.

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