Write Screenplays That Sell : The Ackerman Way

Hal Ackerman offers a treasure trove of information on the writing of quality, saleable screenplays by teaching the art of story structure, substance and style.

Prologue by Pamela Gray

ix

Prologue by Sacha Gervasi

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

Part One Before You Can Be a Screenwriter

1

(72)

Chapter 1: Can Writing Be Taught?

3

(6)

Chapter 2: A Word or Two About the Writer's Life and the Industry We Love

9

(8)

Chapter 3: Why We Don't Write

17

(4)

Chapter 4: Why We Write

21

(1)

Chapter 5: What a Screenplay Isn't

21

(18)

Chapter 6: What a Screenplay Is

39

(12)

Chapter 7: What Story Isn't

51

(12)

Chapter 8: What Story Is

63

(10)

Part Two The Big Picture: Story Structure

73

(68)

Chapter 9: Act One

75

(26)

Chapter 10: Acts Two and Three

101

(16)

Chapter 11: Snowplow, Scene Cards and Scenograms

117

(24)

Part Three The Small Picture: Scene Writing

141

(84)

Chapter 12: Dancing the Wadoogee

143

(26)

Chapter 13: The Components of Scene Writing

169

(30)

Chapter 14: Tricks, Techniques and Stunning Acts of Legerdemain

199

(26)

Part Four "The Rees": Research and Rewriting

225

(16)

Chapter 15: Research

227

(3)

Chapter 16: Rewriting

230

(11)

Part Five Afterthoughts and Additions

241

(12)

Chapter 17: On Writing the Short Film

243

(4)

Chapter 18: Living Your Writing Life

247

(6)

Epilogue

253

Appendix A: Web Sites for Research

255

(4)

Appendix B: Eavesdropper Journal Scenes

259

(6)

Appendix C: Ages of Writers When They Won Their Acadamy Awards

265

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Write Screenplays That Sell : The Ackerman Way

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