Pilar Alessandra

The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules

A Guide for the Rebel Writer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A brilliant guide for the writer who is frustrated with books, classes and philosophies that offer a one-size-fits-all approach to the craft.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Michael Wiese Productions
• Seitenzahl: 106
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 178g
• ISBN-13: 9781615932825
• ISBN-10: 1615932828
• Artikelnr.: 48519960

Autorenporträt

Alessandra started her career as a senior story analyst at DreamWorks SKG. In 2001, she opened the Los Angeles-based On the Page Writers' Studio, dedicated to teaching and consulting with screenwriters and TV writers at all levels. She's the author of the popular scriptwriting book, The Coffee Break Screenwriter, and host of the "On the Page Podcast." An in-demand speaker, she's taught seminars at Disney Animation, ABC, CBS, and MTV, and traveled the world teaching in the UK, China, Poland, Vietnam, Colombia, Portugal, and South Africa. Pilar's greatest accomplishment is the success of her students, many of whom have won top competitions like the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, are working on TV shows such as The 100, Silicon Valley, and Grey's Anatomy, and have sold scripts and pitches to studios including DreamWorks, Warner Bros., and Disney.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
How This Book Works
How to Use This Book
Chapter 1: Where Do They Get This Stuff?
Chapter 2: Voiceover and Flashback and Wall-Breaking, Oh My
Chapter 3: Letting Your Characters Run Wild
Chapter 4: Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say
Chapter 5: Freedom from Format
Chapter 6: Newsflash: There Is No Structure Jail
Chapter 7: What Not to Write . . . and Other Rules That Don't Hold Up
Conclusion: Rules Are Meant to Be Broken