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Screenwriting: Step by Step is user-friendly basic introduction to successful screenwriting for the student and novice screenwriter. The text covers twelve steps to good screenwriting. It teaches students how to choose a theme, establish a central conflict and write a story that works as drama. The book is divided into two sections: "First Steps" which teaches students the essentials of writing drama; and "Next Steps" which teaches the essentials of writing drama expressly for film. The author's wealth of real-world experience is evident in the text's practical advice to beginning screenwriters.

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• Introduction: Learning to Write Drama
• 1 Format
• The Writer's First Draft
• Launching Your Text
• Special Circumstances
• Breaking the Mold
• 2 Character
• The Magic If
• The Glory That Was Greece
• Putting My Foot In It
• 3 Theme
• Theme Statements
• Templates for Theme Statements
• 4 Action
• Understanding Dramatic Action
• Doing Dramatic Action
• Tell-ing vs
• Do-ing
• Back Story Blues
• 5 Structure
• Screenplay Length
• The Turning Point Tango
• Applying the Principles
• The Dramatic Premise
• 6 Review and Rewrite
• Cutting to Bare Essentials
• Get Rid of Gobbledygook
• The Next Six Steps
• Introduction: Writing Drama for Film
• 1 Act Two
• The Dynamics of Action
• Writing the Master Scene
• The Act Two Turning Point
• 2 Character Arc
• Keeping the Faith
• Helpful Hints
• 3 Subplot
• The ldquo;Ardquo; Story & the ldquo;Brdquo; Story
• The Acid test
• 4 Subtext
• Visual Metaphor
• Action Subtext
• Dialogue Subtext
• 5 Act Three
• Endings to Avoid
• The Big Finish
• The Teacher's Last Gasp
• 6 Opening Doors
• Professional Attitude
• Body of Work
• Proper Presentation
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Recommended Reading
• Recommended Internet Sites
• Sample Title Page
• Sample Script Pages
• Format Layout Grid
• Author's Biography