Scriptwriting Structure: To-the-Point Pointers - Softcover

May, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996758348 ISBN 13: 9780996758345

Publisher: May Directions, 2016

Synopsis

Are you a beginning playwright? A new screenwriter? Are you a seasoned professional seeking proven practices in scriptwriting? Solid structure is the key, and in Scriptwriting Structure: To-the-Point Pointers, Bob May has spun Aristotle's theories and modern practices together to form his own structural techniques that have led to twenty-five of his scripts being published and hundreds of productions around the world.The right-to-the-point nature of the storytelling will make you feel as though Mr. May is talking directly to you, teaching his valuable lessons on:

- illustrating what dramatic action is

- understanding the importance of character objectives in scripts

- using proper formatting in plays or screenplays

- understanding and using a script structural technique known as PASTO

- applying Aristotle's Six Key Elements in the writing of scripts

- how to be a better playwright or screenwriter.

Writing scripts that work can be a solitary business. But with this book, you have a friend by your side.

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Review

"I've spent a large portion of my life directing new plays for professional theatre and many years as well as a drama and film critic for Post-Newsweek Television. Within my experience, Bob May is about the best writer-director-teacher I know." - Davey Marlin-Jones "Bob has become a highly skillful writer - his plays are adroitly plotted and very actable. He uses humor and imagination as special tools." Jerry L. Crawford, PhD

Edition details

• Publisher: May Directions
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996758348
• ISBN 13: 9780996758345
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Sarac D A