Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program - Softcover

Venis, Linda

 
9781592408108: Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1592408109 ISBN 13: 9781592408108
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2013

Synopsis

Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don't know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut To The Chase, written by professional writers who teach in UCLA Extension Writers' Programme, whose alumni's many credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; and the Academy Award nominated Letters from Iwo Juima. From learning how to identify story ideas that make a good movie to opening career doors and keeping them open, this authoritative, comprehensive, and entertaining book, edited by Writers' Program Director Linda Venis, will be the film-writing bible for decades to come.

"A well-organized soup-to-nuts manual for aspiring Nora Ephrons and Charlie Kaufmans, from the faculty of a notable screenwriting program. . . . A readable writer's how-to that goes down smoothly."
- Kirkus Reviews

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About the Author

Over the past two decades, Linda Venis has guided the growth of the UCLA Extension Writers' Programme into the nation's largest creative writing and screenwriting program. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and their daughter.

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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1592408109
ISBN 13 
9781592408108
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400