1st Edition
by Michael Tabb (Author)
Prewriting Your Screenplay
cements all the bricks of a story’s foundations together and forms a
single, organic story-growing technique, starting with a blank slate. It
shows writers how to design each element so that they perfectly
interlock together like pieces of a puzzle, creating a stronger story
foundation that does not leave gaps and holes for readers to find. This
construction process is performed one piece at a time, one character at a
time, building and incorporating each element into the whole.
The
book provides a clear-cut set of lessons that teaches how to construct
that story base around concepts as individual as the writer’s personal
opinions, helping to foster an individual writer’s voice. It also
features end-of-chapter exercises that offer step-by-step guidance in
applying each lesson, providing screenwriters with a concrete approach
to building a strong foundation for a screenplay. This is the
quintessential book for all writers taking their first steps towards
developing a screenplay from nothing, getting them over that first
monumental hump, resulting in a well-formulated story concept that is
cohesive and professional.
