Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II

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Description: A revised and expanded second volume of award-winning author and screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff's Screenwriting Tricks For Authors workbook, with a special emphasis on writing love.Screenwriting is a compressed and dynamic storytelling form and the techniques of screenwriting are easily adaptable to novel writing. You can jump-start your plot and bring your characters and scenes vibrantly alive on the page - by watching your favorite movies and learning from the storytelling tricks of great filmmakers.With this workbook you'll learn how to use techniques of film writing such as:- the High Concept Premise- the Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure- the Storyboard Grid- the Index Card Method of Plotting- as well as tricks of film pacing and suspense, character arc and drive, visual storytelling, creating setpieces, and building image systems - to structure and color your novel for maximum emotional impact, suspense, and pacing, no matter what genre you're writing in.Contains all the general story structure lessons of STFA I and much more, but with special attention to key story elements, techniques and examples from romantic comedy, romantic suspense, and romantic adventure, including ten full story breakdowns.TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionPART ONE: STORY STRUCTURE1. The Master List2. What's Your Premise?3. First, You Need an Idea4. What KIND of Story Is It?5. The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure6. The Index Card Method7. Story Elements Checklist8. Elements of Act I9. Plan, Central Question, Central Story Action10. What's The Plan?11. Hero/ine, Protagonist, Main Character12. Hero and Heroine, Lover and Loved One13. What Makes A Great Villain?14. Elements of Act Two15. Elements of Act Two, Part 216. Elements of Act Three17. Top Ten Endings18. What Makes a Great Climax?19. Act Climaxes Overview and Examples20. Expanding on the Key Story Elements21. Expanded Story Elements Checklist22. Love Story Elements23. Fairy Tale Structure24. Meta Structure25. What is "High Concept"?26. The Rule of Three27. Voice28. First Chapters29. Theme and Thematic Image Systems30. Visual Storytelling31. Creating Suspense32. Plants and Payoffs33. The Big Twist34. Character Introductions35. Using Character Clusters36. Your First Draft is Always Going to Suck37. Top Ten Things I Know About Editing38. A Process for WritingPART TWO: STORY BREAKDOWNS39. The Breakdowns40. Leap Year41. While You Were Sleeping42. Notting Hill43. Four Weddings and a Funeral44. The Proposal45. New in Town46. Groundhog Day47. Sense and Sensibility48. Romancing the Stone49. Sea of LovePART THREE: THE BUSINESS50. Life is a Pitch Meeting51. How Do I Get a Literary Agent?52. Internet Resources for Writers53. So You Want to Know About Screenwriting54. Recommended ReadingFigure 1: Story Grid We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers. To get started finding Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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