Screenwriter's Bible, 7th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

About this book

The Screenwriter's Bible's 6th edition marks the 20th anniversary 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 300,000 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.