About this title: Having read tons of screenplays as an executive, Denny Martin Flinn has come to understand that while all good screenplays are unique, all bad screenplays are the same. Flinn's book will teach the reader how to avoid the pitfalls of bad screenwriting, and arrive at one's own destination intact. Every example used was gleaned from a legitimate ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Date Published: 1999-08-25
ISBN-13:9781580650151ISBN:1580650155
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580650151ISBN:1580650155
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Lone Eagle Pub Co
Date Published: 1999-05-01
ISBN-13:9781580650151ISBN:1580650155
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Lone Eagle
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580650151ISBN:1580650155
Description: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches. Paperback-1999-good condition-ladylisabooks-used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books, college books, student books, nonfiction, first edition, exlibrary books sold, signed copies, non-fiction books delivered world wide. 1-58065-015-5. Isbn 1580650155. How Not to Write a Screenplay is an invaluable addition to any aspiring screenwriter's shelf and you'd best make the shelf within arm's reach of the computer. Author ... read more
"Filled with great tips from a Hollywood reader's point of view. Flinn explains at the outset that he's someone who reads scripts all day and knows at a glance if a script falls on his desk was written by an amateur. There are tell-tale signs, and that's the 101 mistakes he steps us through, showing examples of a disastrous approach compared to a good approach to the same problem. Examples?
Don't write "First Draft" on your title page. Instead write the date you submitted it.
Don't put the name of a production company on your screenplay, unless it has been purchased.
These are two simple rules you learn right away that'll save you the headache later when a reader wonders if the screenplay was already purchased? They also have the attitude that "you and your friend who hope to make a film one day are not a production company." - so only put a production company if there's a real one attached.
You wouldn't know this unless you had a guide, and Flinn takes his role as guide seriously. Very very helpful book for screenwriters. And pretty useful in contexts where you're not screenwriting, and have another project you're submitting somewhere. Many of the same lessons apply."
"Wonderful resource for beginning screenplay writers or anyone interested in writing scripts. Helpful examples and humorous tone makes it easy to read."
"Blech. This book had an occasional useful tidbit but otherwise was a waste of time at best and dangerous to the writer at worst. It's a book that encourages self-editing ("don't ever do this, don't do that, be sure not to make this common mistake!"), a thought process that destroys creativity. Comparatively, would reading a book about "What basketball playing mistakes NOT to make" improve your basketball skills? Probably not much."
"Didn't help much, I took a class called "writing for short media" and that helped more than this book ever could. However, it is called "How NOT to write a screenplay". So it gives examples of poor writing and then tells you what could have made it better. Either way, didn't help for what I was looking for but did re-iterate things I had already learned. Yep."
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