The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter

In this collection of entertaining, eye-opening interviews, today's hottest screenwriters discuss their craft. Screenwriting techniques, breaking into the business, the role of the writer in the filmmaking process, the current economic situation for screenwriters, what makes a screenplay work, and what sells a screenplay are among the subjects they discuss. Includes interviews with: Jeffrey Boam (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), Ronald Bass (Rainman), Jack Epps & Jim Cash (Top Gun), Gregory Widen (Highlander), Dan Pyne Doc Hollywood), Anna Hamilton Phelan (Gorillas in the Mist), Diane Frolov (Northern Exposure), Bill Bryan (Night Court), Fay Kanin (Teacher's Pet), Laurence Dworet (Outbreak), Dan O'Bannon (Alien), Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) and CAA cofounders and agents Bill Haber and Roland Perkins.