The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 10th Anniversary Edition: Insider Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers

You can struggle for years to get a foot in the door with Hollywood producers--or you can take a page from the book that offers proven advice from twenty-one of the industry's best and brightest!

In this tenth anniversary edition, The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters, 2nd Edition peers into the lives and workspaces of screenwriting greats--including Terry Rossio (the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise), Aline Brosh McKenna (Morning Glory), Bill Marsilii (Deja Vu), Derek Haas and Michael Brandt (Wanted), and Tony Gilroy (the Bourne franchise).

You will learn best practices to fire up your writing process and your career, such as:

• Be Comfortable with Solitude
• Commit to a Career, Not Just One Screenplay
• Be Aware of Your Muse's Favorite Activities
• Write Terrible First Drafts
• Don't Work for Free
• Write No Matter What

This indispensable handbook will help you hone your craft by living, breathing, and scripting the life you want!

• Writing for emotional impact : advanced dramatic techniques to attract, engage, and fascinate the reader from beginning to end
• Making a Good Script Great
• Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
• Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
• The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instructions for Creating a Successful Screenplay, Newly Revised and Updated
• The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
• Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
• Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
• Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
• The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script