Now Write! Screenwriting: Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers

<b>An essential handbook featuring never-before-published writing exercises from the acclaimed screenwriters of <i>Raging Bull, Ali, Terminator 2, Fame, Groundhog Day, Cape Fear,</i> &quot;Lost&quot;, &quot;True Blood&quot;, &quot;The Shield&quot;, and many other hit films and television shows. </b> <br><br> <i>Now Write! Screenwriting</i>-the latest addition to the <i>Now Write!</i> writing guide series-brings together the acclaimed screenwriters of films like the Oscar-winning Raging Bull, Oscar- nominated Ali, era-defining blockbuster Terminator 2, musical classic Fame, hit series &quot;Lost&quot; &quot;True Blood&quot; and &quot;The Shield,&quot; Groundhog Day, Cape Fear, Chicken Run, Reversal of Fortune, Before Sunrise, Mystic Pizza, Indecent Proposal, and many more, to teach the art of the story. <br><br> *Learn about why it is sometimes best to write what you don't know from Christina Kim ('Lost') <br><br> *Find out how Stephen Rivele (Ali, Nixon) reduces his screenplay ideas down to their most basic elements, and uses that as a writing guide <br><br> *Learn why you should focus on your character, not your plot, when digging yourself out of a plot home from Danny Rubin (<i>Groundhog Day</i>) <br><br> *Take tips from Karey Kirkpatrick (Chicken Run, The Spiderwick Chronicles) on how to give an inanimate object intense emotional significance <br><br> *Let Kim Krizan (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset) teach you how to stop your internal critic dead in his tracks <br><br> This lively and easy-to-read guide will motivate both aspiring and experienced screenwriters. No other screenwriting book offers advice and exercises from this many writers of successful, iconic films.