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| Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade |
| William Froug, 150 pages, 51/2x81/2, 1-879505-13-4,
$10.95 paper |
“I
wish every studio executive, director, producer and agent
in town would read this
book…truths is
the word that best characterizes what Bill has written. Not
rules, but truths… I can honestly say that
I have built a career on these few simple truths… It
is a book of wisdom and good, sound advice about
the processing f screenwriting…I recall
as a kid, no matter what small item I bought, there
would always be a little piece of paper inside that
said, ‘Congratulations! You have just
purchased the finest harmonica (or penknife or compass)
that money can buy!’ And I think that
sentiment applies to Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade. …Bill has proven himself to be the screenwriters’ best friend and
advocate. After all, where else except this book will you find the movie E.T. referred to as ‘Melissa Mathison’s story’ without
any mention of you-know-who?”
—from the Forward by Jeffrey Boam |
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Screenwriting
Tricks of the Trade distills
William Froug’s
many years as a Hollywood professional and
a highly respected screenwriting teacher into
a fresh and timeless primer that takes the
novice screenwriter on an insightful journey
from the first urge to write through the completion
and sale of a well-wrought script. This
practical guide eschews formulaic paradigms
and leads each writer to the discovery
of his or hers own approach to and style of screenwriting. The
screenwriter’s filmgoing experiences, in
tandem with Mr. Froug’s lively presentation
of the ins and outs—the invaluable “tricks” and
possible pitfalls—of writing for the screen,
become the keys that unlock the mysteries of commercially
successful screen-drama.
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William Froug is
anEmmy-winning writer-producer whose television credits
include Playhouse 90 and TheTwilight Zone. The
Producers Guild named him Producer of the Year in 1956,and
the Writers Guild of America awarded him their Valentine
Davies Award in1987. He
is professor emeritus at UCLA, where he founded its present
film and television writing program, and theauthor of Screenwriting
Tricks of the Trade, The Screenwriter Looks at theScreenwriter,
The New Screenwriter Looks at the New
Screenwriter, and Zenand the Art of Screenwriting. |
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