Screenwriters Advice

Andrew Zinnes is Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Portsmouth, UK. He has worked in Los Angeles as a screenwriter, writing projects for various studios and production companies. Genevieve Jolliffe is the creator of The Guerilla Film Makers Handbook series. She was nominated for a British Independent Film Award, is in the Guinness Book of World Records as Britain’s youngest ever producer and has sold writing projects to various Hollywood studios and production companies.

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Acknowledgements
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An Introduction to Screenwriters Advice


Contributors
Chapter 1: The Idea
Chapter 2: Pitching
Chapter 3: Breaking Story
Chapter 4: Character
Chapter 5: Dialog
Chapter 6: Rules?
Chapter 7: Finding Your Voice
Chapter 8: Screenwriting Competitions
Chapter 9: Writing Teams
Chapter 10: The Writer's Room & Writing on Set
Chapter 11: Rewriting
Chapter 12: Action & Thriller
Chapter 13: Horror & Sci-Fi
Chapter 14: Horror Comedy
Chapter 15: Telenovelas
Chapter 16: Comedy
Chapter 17: Romantic Comedy & Christmas Movies
Chapter 18: Drama & Adaptation
Chapter 19: Animation & Family
Chapter 20: The Business
Chapter 21: Perspective
Chapter 22: Inspiration
Chapter 23: Writing Exercises


References
Index