The complete book of scriptwriting
By: J. Michael Straczynski.
Edition: Rev. and expanded [ed.].
Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Playwriting.; Television authorship.; Motion picture authorship.; Radio authorship.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Television. A brief history of television -- The writer, the language, the formats -- The craft of telescripting -- Marketing the television script -- A look at the future -- Motion pictures. 	A brief history of motion pictures -- The benefits and drawbacks of screenwriting -- The art of the screenplay -- The craft of screenwriting -- The screenplay -- Marketing the screenplay -- Animation. Animation : past, present and future -- The art and craft of the animation script -- Marketing the animated script -- Radio. Radiodrama scripting : past, present and future -- The art and craft of radiodrama scripting -- Marketing the radiodrama script -- The stage play. Writing for the stage : past, present and future -- The art and craft of the stage play -- Marketing the stage play -- The business of scriptwriting. Warning signs -- The Writers Guild of America -- The art of getting and keeping an agent.