Screenplay : Writing the Picture

This is a complete screenwriting course -- from developing a theme, researching a story, plotting and structuring a script, developing characters, and plying methods that aid the actual writing and rewriting processes to understanding the ins and outs of marketing and pitching scripts. Well-written, comprehensive, and filled with illustrative screenplay examples, both innovative and tried-and-true writing techniques, sage advice from veteran writers, and pertinent writing anecdotes, this one-of-a-kind screenwriting book will help both novices and working screenwriters to improve and sell their scripts.

Robin U. Russin is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer, and screenwriting teacher at the University of Califomia, Riverside. Among his film credits is the number-one box-office feature On Deadly Ground William Missouri Downs is a film and television writer and an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced at the Kennedy Center and at theaters all over the world