Screenwriting updated new (and conventional) ways of writing for the screen

• Main Author: Aronson, Linda 1950- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles Silman-James Press 2001
• Edition: 1st Silman-James ed
• Subjects: Motion picture authorship
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• Item Description: Originally published: St. Leonards, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 2000
• Physical Description: xv, 300 pages illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-294) and index; Filmography: p. [289]-290
• ISBN: 1879505592 (alk. paper)

Today's screenwriter must be adept at today's popular yet often complex and unconventional script forms, such as the parallel storytelling of Pulp Fiction and Magnolia, the multiple protagonist narrative of American Beauty, and the complex flashback forms of The Usual Suspects and The Sweet Hereafter. Becoming comfortable with and skilled in such modern script forms is the focus of Screenwriting Updated, which identifies basic parallel structures, clearly explains how and why they work (or fail to work), and establishes the basic principles of their construction. These modern forms are presented in tandem with and in relation to tried-and-true, traditional screenwriting forms, rendering unconventional structures as easily grasped as conventional ones. Unlike any other screenwriting book, Screenwriting Updated combines solid, basic screenwriting craft with a thorough presentation of very contemporary script structures. The result is a unique, wide-ranging, in-depth screenwriting text and do-it-yourself script-doctoring manual suitable for both seasoned and novice writers.