num_pages: 332
description: This unusual screenwriting book is a tapestry of fresh, insightful essays and in-depth interviews with top screenwriters. The essays cover such topics as avoiding the obvious, the birth of ideas, the process of rewriting, dealing with writer's block, creativity and spontaneity, handling rejection, breaking the screenwriting 'rules', and episodic forms.
language: English
title: Zen and the Art of Screenwriting Volume 1: Insights and Interviews
titlecomplete: Zen and the Art of Screenwriting Volume 1: Insights and Interviews
genres: Nonfiction, Writing
ratings_count: 70
publisher: Silman-James Press