num_pages: 490
description: The 21st Century Screenplay is the much-expanded successor to the author's Scriptwriting Updated. Many books in one it offers a comprehensive highly practical manual of screenwriting from the classic to the avant-garde from The African Queen and Tootsie  to 21 Grams Pulp Fiction Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Whether you want to write short films features adaptations genre films ensemble films blockbusters or art house movies this book takes you all the way from choosing the brilliant idea to plotting writing and rewriting. Featuring a range of insider survival tips on time-effective writing creativity under pressure and rising to the challenge of international competition The 21st Century Screenplay is essential reading for newcomer and veteran alike.
language: English
title: The 21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films
publisher: Silman-James Press