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Write Your Screenplay with the Help of Top Screenwriters! It's like taking a Master Class in screenwriting ... all in one book! Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice. "I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."-Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond The book covers (among other topics):Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman ("Capote") on writing real storiesTom DiCillio ("Living In Oblivion") on turning a short into a featureKasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou") on writing for a different time periodGeorge Romero ("Martin") on writing horror on a budgetRebecca Miller ("Personal Velocity") on adapting short storiesStuart Gordon ("Re-Animator") on adaptationsAcademy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan") on cheap ways to make it look expensiveMiranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know") on making your writing spontaneousAlex Cox ("Repo Man") on scaling the script to meet a budgetJoan Micklin Silver ("Hester Street") on writing history on a budgetBob Clark ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things") on mixing humor and horrorAmy Holden Jones ("Love Letters") on writing romance on a budget Henry Jaglom ("Venice/Venice") on mixing improvisation with scriptingL.M. Kit Carson ("Paris, Texas") on re-writing while shootingAcademy-Award Winner Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") on script editingRoger Nygard ("Suckers") on mixing genresThis is the book for anyone who's serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced! ¿¿¿¿¿ "A perfect read for anyone who wants to write a film script or for anyone who just enjoys watching movies."-Fred Willard, Actor, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman"This volume is packed full of useful little nuggets of information."-Jonathan Lynn, Director, My Cousin Vinny, Clue, Nuns on the Run, The Whole Nine Yards "Packed with war stories and savvy advice for beginning screenwriters."-Larry Gross, Screenwriter, 48 hrs., Streets of Fire, True Crime