| Description |
x, 168 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Creativity: your blueprint for ideas -- Building your story -- Constructing your blueprint: laying down the framework -- Story structure: the screenplay's foundation -- The main character -- Characters and conflict -- Creating the character's emotional arc: the heart of the story -- The psychology of characters -- Structuring scenes and acts -- The outline, the treatment, the synopsis -- Script format -- Dialogue -- Subtext -- Writing from your inner cast of characters -- Overcoming writer's block -- The completed screenplay -- Afterword: how to survive the writing game |
| Summary |
"Starting with the story's framework, Dr. Ballon helps readers to understand the key building blocks of story structure and character development, including characters' emotional and psychological states, story conflicts, and scene and act structure. She also covers the essential components in the script writing process, such as outlines, script treatments, synopses, and formats. Dr. Ballon devotes a chapter to overcoming writer's block--the writer's greatest obstacle--and offers guidance for taking the next steps once a script is completed" -- |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Blueprint for writing. c1994 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Motion picture plays -- Technique.
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Screenwriters.
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Motion picture authorship.
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| Author |
Ballon, Rachel Friedman.
Blueprint for writing
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ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2004046929 |
| ISBN |
080584922X |
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9780805849226 |
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0805849238 |
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9780805849233 |
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