Screenwriters on Screenwriting [Hardcover]

Joel Engel (Author)

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Review

The best screen writers in the business examine film-making processes and writer's contributions to film efforts, using a question-and-answer format to explore such issues as writer controls over screenplays, characterization, and plot. An excellent guide to screen writing achievement, politics and realities. -- Midwest Book Review --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: Mjf Books (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567313620
• ISBN-13: 978-1567313628
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,005,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative, September 21, 2000

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avdr (san diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Screenwriters On Screen-Writing: The Best in the Business Discuss Their Craft (Paperback)

screenwriters on screenwriting is an informative book that enables the screenwriter,often the forgotten contributor in the filmmaking business,to talk about his craft and the lonely world of screenwriting.after all the screenwriting process is done alone,and the hardest of the making of a film.the interviews are well done and the author,joe engel, asks the questions that we ispiring screenwriters wanna hear.like how do you get out of certain situations in your screenplay and how to beat writers block.screenwriters interviewed include,robert towne,michael mann,ernest lehman and others.a good book on the industries best.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, April 2, 2002

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"[e-mail]" (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Screenwriters on Screenwriting (Hardcover)

A series of interesting interviews with successful screenwriters. All of them have written popular,
successful films you've heard of. Each writer gets 10-15 pages to answer a variety of questions.

What I like best about this is seeing each person's approach
to and perceptions about screenwriting. Some resonated a
lot with me, some not so much, but I see how many ways there
are to be successful. I was surprised, actually, by how
many of them just start writing with minimal idea of where
they're headed, and let the characters and story overtake them.

5.0 out of 5 stars great product, May 29, 2009

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T. Robbins "human eclipse" (ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Screenwriters On Screen-Writing: The Best in the Business Discuss Their Craft (Paperback)

the item arrived on time and was in excellent condition - one of the things i really liked about this product was that it was about the filmmaker's process - it's like getting into the minds of the filmmaker and learning how he or she accomplished such great films.