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Screenwriting From the Soul: Letters to an Aspiring Screenwriter

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Krevolin writes a novel, entertaining book that is a fresh and original deeparture from the canon of almost indistinguishable screenwriting books. Yet for all Krevolin's philosophical brilliance, the book is fairly devoid of substance. This book should be read only after readers acquaint themselves with other, more enlightening works, such as Robert McKee's "Story" or Hauge's "Writing Screenplays that Sell."

There are a lot of straightforward, practical, Step A, Step B, Step C books on how to write a screenplay. This book is not exactly that, although it definitely gives a lot of great insight. The best thing about this book is that it takes you through all the emotions you feel as a new screenwriter, all at the exact stages when you'd feel them. So many times I've wished I could call up Lawrence Kasdan or some other great mentor/screenwriter and see what he'd have to say, but Richard Krevolin does this for us! It's a really helpful book and he seems like a great guy.

WOW! Richard Krevolin has written a screenwriting book that actually practices what it preaches. For, like a good movie, once you sit down with popcorn and drink, you won't get up until the final credits roll (no matter how full your bladder gets).

A fictional story itself, it'll draw you further and further in with rich characters and an intriguing plotline.

And when you're done, you'll have a practical and *memorable* set of screenwriting skills and knowledge (plus you may even cry).

This book, has at its core and in its heart, *love*.

Enjoy it. Then sit down and write and write and write and write - until you can't see straight anymore!!!! (then take a nap, and get up and write again.)

Though the idea of the book is "cute", and I'm sure there are worthwhile lessons to be learned, the author himself has no personal screenwriting credits in which to base any of his teachings. We readers are deprived of first hand knowledge of the experience of having a script transformed into a film (even one we've never heard of).

As a screenwriting instructor, students are constantly asking me the "secrets" of making a million in Hollywood. Krevilin's book focuses on the reality of Hollywood today. This is an excellent resource for all aspiring screenwriters as well as instructors in need of content-rich reference material.

What a great book. It should be read by hopeful screenwriters as well as anyone else who recognizes the need for good stories.

Yay for Mr. Krevolin who seems to know exactly how to convey useful information in a story format.

Who knew? I had to order a copy of this book after impulsively picking it up at the library. It was the word "soul" that grabbed my attention. I had to see if this was real or just a catchy title, soul starved writer that I am. Boy am I brilliant to have found this! I'm amazing! When I finished the last word, bawling like a baby, I felt like I had just stepped out of a theater in that total transformation ecstacy. But best of all, I was a mere few feet from my computer in my own little abode. All my stuff is transformed too! Wow. If you might like to be inspired to within an inch of your life, choose this book and then hide under the covers while you read it. You might get so engrossed you forget and pick your nose or something. (You don't even have to be a writer to love this book.)

Decent. Not the most authoritve book on screenwriting but helpful and fun to read. The author has acutally produced a screenplay that has made it to the silver screen~

It's educational and entertaining. In the format of a student writing to a retired screenwriter. One of the very first books I read on screenwriting and one of my favorite. It doesn't give enough advise to be fantastic or help you a greast deal, but I give it five stars beacuse it's a great read. Don't put it as you're first read but as one when you find you interest weening.

In Screenwriting From the Soul, the author, Richard Krevolyn, employs a classic, narrative technique for his teaching approach. In the tradition of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Krevolyn takes the novice screenwriter, by hand, through the arduous processes of not only learning her or his craft, but of learning about themselves as well. As a student of The Cinema, Krevloyn's method is well-taken; if one lacks true knowledge of oneself, if one does not possess a moderate level of true life experience, aspiring she will remain. Better suited for the beginner; also lacks a detailed exemplification of format.