Screenplay is a complete screenwriting course—from developing a theme, researching a story, plotting and structuring a script, developing characters, and plying methods that aid the actual writing and rewriting processes through understanding the ins and outs of marketing and pitching scripts.

Well-written, comprehensive, and filled with illustrative screenplay examples, both innovative and tried-and-true writing techniques, sage advice from veteran writers, and pertinent writing anecdotes, this one-of-a-kind screenwriting book will help both novices and working screenwriters improve and sell their scripts.

Robin U. Russin is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, producer, and is a professor of screenwriting at the University of California, Riverside.  Among his film credits is the number one box-office feature On Deadly Ground.

William Missouri Downs is a film and television writer and an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced at the Kennedy Center. He is the author of the book Playwriting: From Formula to Form.