The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

The 20th anniversary edition of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 200,000 copies in its twenty-year life. Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover five books in one!

A Screenwriting Primer that provides a concise course in screenwriting basics;

A Screenwriting Workbook that walks you through the complete writing process, from nascent ideas through final revisions;

A Formatting Guide that thoroughly covers today s correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts;

A Spec Writing Guide that demonstrates today s spec style through sample scenes and analysis, with an emphasis on grabbing the reader s interest in the first ten pages;

A Sales and Marketing Guide that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan.

Among this book s wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. The sixth edition is chock-full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets.

• Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
• Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
• The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Hollywood Standard: The Complete & Authoritative Guide to)
• The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 3rd Edition
• Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting
• Making a Good Script Great, 3rd Ed.
• Screenwriting For Dummies
• The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating a Successful Screenplay, Newly Revised and Updated
• Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film & Television
• The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition