Why this lender recommends it

"Great storytelling grabs viewers (film, television), readers (books), and audiences (plays) alike. CUT TO THE CHASE, edited by Linda Venis, is about screenwriting, but although I'm writing a novel, I'm finding it extremely useful. I'm reading many books on writing and this is one of my favorites. I've found something valuable in each chapter. I've just finished identifying my protagonist's emotional arc with lessons learned from Billy Mernit's chapter "Deepening Characters and Defining Their Arcs." Next, I'll be outlining my book with Juliet Aires Giglio's "forty-card" method. Fourteen professional screenwriters and their talented editor have turned fifteen facets of storytelling into a gem of a book for ALL aspiring writers." - Reviewer on Goodreads.com

About this book

Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don't know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut To The Chase, written by professional writers who teach in UCLA Extension Writers' Programme, whose alumni's many credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; and the Academy Award nominated Letters from Iwo Juima. From learning how to identify story ideas that make a good movie to opening career doors and keeping them open, this authoritative, comprehensive, and entertaining book, edited by Writers' Program Director Linda Venis, will be the film-writing bible for decades to come. "A well-organized soup-to-nuts manual for aspiring Nora Ephrons and Charlie Kaufmans, from the faculty of a notable screenwriting program. . . . A readable writer's how-to that goes down smoothly." - Kirkus Reviews

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Perfect