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Synopsis
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Part one: Before you can be a screenwriter -- 1. Can writing be taught? -- 2. A word or two about the writer's life and the industry we love -- 3. Why we don't write -- 4. Why we write -- 5. What a screenplay isn't -- 6. What a screenplay is -- 7. What story isn't -- 8. What story is -- Part two: The big picture: story structure -- 9. Act one -- 10. Acts two and three -- 11. Snowplow, scene cards and scenograms -- Part three: The small picture: scene writing -- 12. Dancing the Wadoogee -- 13. The components of scene writing -- 14. Tricks, techniques and stunning acts of legerdemain -- Part four: "The Rees": research and rewriting -- 15. Research -- 16. Rewriting -- Part 5: Afterthoughts and additions -- 17. On writing the short film -- 18. Living your writing life -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Web sites for research -- Appendix B: Eavesdropper journal scenes -- Appendix C: Ages of writers when they won their acadamy awards
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Review
"Hal Ackerman was my teacher, mentor and guide, but I also think of him as the 'midwife' who helped me deliver my script."
"Any aspiring screenwriter would be fortunate to have him as a teacher."
"Hal Ackerman is a brilliant teacher and an amazing inspiration."
About the Author
Hal Ackerman is emeritus Co-Area Head of the UCLA Screenwriting program. His book has guided the careers of scores of successful writers. He has sold original material to all the major studio and networks. He has had numerous short stories published in literary journals. "Belle & Melinda" was selected by Robert Olen Butler as the World's Best Short Short story for Southeast Review. TESTOSTERONE: How Prostate Cancer Made A Man of Me won the William Saroyan Centennial Prize for drama. Under its new title, PRICK, it won BEST SCRIPT at the 2011 United Solo Festival.
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