Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434

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Chapter 1: Ideas The Anatomy of Screen Ideas Getting Your Idea Selecting the Idea

Chapter 2: The Two-Minute Movie Tricks of the Story Trade Plotting Out the Two-Minute Movie Writing the Two-Minute Movie Getting it Right

Chapter 3: Building Your Characters Heavies and Heros Character Dialogue The Country and City Mice Nude in the Rain Another Motto for Writers The Little People Nixon, Cather, and Tolstoy

Chapter 4: The Outline for You and "Them" The Structure of Structure The Step Outline and the Three Acts Scene Do's and Don'ts Your Step Outline-Act One-The Situation Your Step Outline-Act Two-The Complications Your Step Outline-Act Three-The Conclusion Promise The Glass Hammer Step Outline The End The Revised Step Outline From Goals to Reality Your Story Is Now Told Outlines and Treatments Outlines for the New Writer The Outline Form

Chapter 5: The Act One Script The Script Form Don't Direct the Director Dialogue Description The Beginning Discipline

The Glass Hammer

First Act The End of the Beginning

Chapter 6: The Act Two Script Second Acts and Third Parties Making Scenes Interesting Stopwatch Timing Writing Your Second Act The Glass Hammer Second Act The End of The Middle

Chapter 7: The Act Three Script Hunter on Third Acts The Unhappy Ending The Third-Act Page Count The Glass Hammer Third Act The Most Important Draft

Chapter 8: The Rewrite(s) Rewriting for Yourself Before the Madding Crowd Re-Writing The First Read-ThroughThe Polish The Ecstasy The Rewriting Time for Yourself Should Your Title Be your Title? And Now, the Madding Crowd Rewriting for Others The Final Rewrite After All Is Said and Done-and Done

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Index About the Author