Product Description
This indispensable screenwriters' toolkit by noted playwright and screenwriter Bill Svanoe is as valuable for the seasoned professional as for the interested amateur or film buff. You'll learn how successful storytelling really works, learn how to critically evaluate and improve your own work, and gain valuable insight into the nuts and bolts of movies you've seen and the movies you want to write. The toolkit features essential checklists for main characters and dialogue, common pitfalls and how to avoid them, and tips on re-writing and editing your work. This edition also includes stimulating exercises for writers, and additional notes specifically for playwriting.About the AuthorAward-winning playwright and screenwriter Bill Svanoe created highly acclaimed television movies including Miles to Go, which won a Christopher Award; Terror on the Beach; Returning Home; Superdome; The Cardboard House; The Dreammakers; and Sparks. His films include Waltz Across Texas, starring Anne Archer, and Fatal Beauty, starring Whoopi Goldberg. He taught playwriting and screenwriting for seven years at UNC Chapel Hill and teaches at festivals and forums around the country (write to Lil Bear Books, below, for details). His first play, The Newstand, won New Playwright Awards in New York and Holland. The Black Duck, Punch and Judy, Callback, and The Last Laugh have been published (available soon in Kindle editions), and five plays were produced in Los Angeles. Trader Jack headlined a Key West Theatre Festival. Bargain Table was produced in Santa Fe. His Grammy nominated recording of Walk Right In, with The Rooftop Singers, was #1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and appears in the movie Forrest Gump. He lives with his wife, Emmy Award winning director and actress Joan Darling, in Kennebunkport, Maine.Published by Lil Bear Books. Contact us with your questions, comments, or write to the author, at [email protected]. Read more
