This book takes the student or novice screenwriter through the storytelling process - from conception to visualization, dramatization, characterization and dialogue - in order to demonstrate how best to write a narrative screenplay that is both short (under half an hour in length) and complete. Exercises, examples of both short and short-short screenplays, as well as examinations of useful genres serve to round out the discussion
Part 1 Fundamentals: Breaking Ground
Part 2 Moving Forward: Writing Strategies
Part 3 Genres: Forming the Story
Part 4 New Directions
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index