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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.066791
EAN: 9780062730664
ISBN: 0062730665
Label: Collins
Manufacturer: Collins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 1993-12-31
Publisher: Collins
Release Date: 1993-09-15
Studio: Collins

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The ultimate survival guide, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days takes the aspiring screenwriter the shortest distance from blank page to complete script.

Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in the writer's onto the page. This method guides the would-be screenwriter through the writing of a movie. It answers such questions as:

How to clarify the idea you don't quite have yet
How to tell if your idea is really a movie
How to move from what you want to say saying it
How to stop getting ready and start

Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it. It also addresses such issues as:

How to pay the rent while paying your dues
What to say to your spouse when you can't come to bed
How to keep going when you think you can't

Foraccomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.

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Summary: Makes the task doable
Comment: How do you write a script in 21 days, while you're reading the book on how to do it? King gives exercises to find your inner story and get it down before your inner critic has a chance to sabotage the project. She shares tips on recognizing how your life issues play into your themes, the mechanics of script writing, how to deal with writers block, and life issues for being a screenwriter and living with one, or how to be pleasant while you're wresting your life story to paper. It isn't intended to be the comprehensive manual. Instead it takes the mortal fear out of getting the job done, so you can get on with being an artist. King presents the material in a light approach that never gets in the way. You can actually read the book while completing your script within several weeks. I did it, and never felt pressure or creative agony (I did cheat, adapting a book I wanted to get to screenplay). The first time is the hardest; after that it's only as agonizing as having your toenails removed via pliers. Have fun.

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Summary: Follow this book, don't just read it.
Comment: I bought this book from Amazon in July. I have made 2 feature length films before, but these were mostly improvised (Horror! - Gold Edition and Capitalism - The Movie, both available on DVD at Amazon). I fancied actually writing a movie before filming started!

As the book recommends, please actually write as you read.

Step by step, this book leads you, suprises you. By the end of 21 days you will be exhausted. And you will have a full length screenplay.

This is really the start, not the end. You will send your scripts to friends, who will suggest improvements. But the hard work has been done.

Very recommended. The writing style is fun and inspiring.

(My own 21 day screenplay is "Future Moocher", currently in rewrites)

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Summary: You CAN write a movie in 21 days!
Comment: I tried to write a screenplay 10 years before I actually wrote one! This easy to follow, insightful and clever book both showed me how to begin and most importantly FINISH a screenplay! I've written 5 of them and have come very close to selling one! King is the Queen of script crafting. If you only READ ONE book on screenplays, I STRONGLY recommend this gem!The Green Room

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Summary: So far it's a wonderful book!
Comment: I am almost finished with this book, and so far it has been amazing! All of the information has been really helpful when it comes to actually starting and getting a script written. And the author knows exactly what a person reading that book is going through. It feels like the author had interviewed me for an hour about writing and my plans for my script before writing this book and giving it to me. Very great book! I recommend it to anyone who wants to get into screenplay writing.

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Summary: Best Resource I've ever used for scripts and even short stories. Ever!!
Comment: I've read many writing books and this is one that works for any type of writing. With this book, you can write a script or at least a decent rough draft in 21 days. I took a month and was able to do two drafts. One by hand and the other when I transferred the draft to computer. The author's warm and encouraging voice along with the way she breaks the task of writing a longer work are extremely helpful and motivating. I'd recommend this excellent, easy to read text to any of my writer friends and plan to use it in any workshop I give related to writing a script, novel or even a longer short story. The system she provides really works and has lots of application to any genre.
Terrific doesn't cover it.

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