Hardcover, 262 pages
English language
Published March 11, 1998 by MJF Books.
One of the seminal and much respected texts in the field of screenwriting by one of the greats.
Screenplay has been revised and updated many times and it remains a number one bestseller on Amazon in 2016, years after it was first published. The book contains guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints elements essential to a screenplay and provides a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing a successful script.
Subjects
- Creative writing guides
- Film & television screenplays
- Writing & editing guides
- Performing Arts/Dance
- Motion picture authorship
- Performing Arts
- Technique
- Composition & Creative Writing - Play/Scriptwriting
- Film & Video - Screenwriting
- Film - Screenwriting
- Sale Books
- Motion picture plays