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The Complete Book of Scriptwriting

by J. Michael Straczynski

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This is a must have book for anyone interested in writing. Straczynski gives you a detailed look into the creation and formatting structure of various types of writing mediums (i.e. screenplay, television, radio, stage play...)

There is also a completed television script at the end of the book, so you can see what a formatted script looks like. (

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Working writer/producer Straczynski has revised his 1981 text -- a standard in many institutions -- and brought it into the '90s, with updates on fluctuating markets, speculation about opportunities in CD-ROMs and anecdotage about Writers' Guild strikes that have occurred in the interval. A handy tome for the novice, since Straczynski covers much basic ground in key areas of writing for film, television, radio, animation and stage. Strongest in the movie/TV areas and also valuable for animation scribes, playwrights might note that their chapter is the thinnest; perhaps it was all apportioned according to what the various disciplines pay?

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400)

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