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The Tools of Screenwriting

A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay

Author: David Howard and Edward Mabley; Introduction by Frank Daniel

The Tools of Screenwriting

The Tools of Screenwriting

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In The Tools of Screenwriting, David Howard and Edward Mabley illuminate the essential elements of cinematic storytelling, and reveal the central principles that all good screenplays share....

Page Count
320
On Sale
01/15/1995

Book Details

In The Tools of Screenwriting, David Howard and Edward Mabley illuminate the essential elements of cinematic storytelling, and reveal the central principles that all good screenplays share. The authors address questions of dramatic structure, plot, dialogue, character development, setting, imagery, and other crucial topics as they apply to the special art of filmmaking.

Howard and Mabley also demonstrate how, on a practical level, the tools of screenwriting work in sixteen notable films, including Citizen Cane, E.T., One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Rashomon, The Godfather, North by Northwest, Chinatown, and sex, lies, and videotape.

Imprint Publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

ISBN

9780312119089

In The News

“David Howard calls this book 'a writer's guide.' I think it's a wonderful and indispensable producer's guide to story, storytelling, and screenwriting.” —Lawrence Turman, producer of The Graduate, Running Scared, The Flim-Flam Man, and other films

“What David Howard has done with The Tools of Screenwriting is to reveal for me and for all readers just how stories work; he shows that there are no absolute rules, but there are principles that can help a beginning writer gain understanding of all the elements that go into the creation of a 'good story well told.'” —Diane Keaton

The Tools of Screenwriting is the best primer on the craft, far better than the usual paint-by-the-numbers sort of books that abound.” —Frank Pierson, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Cool Hand Luke, Dog Day Afternoon, Presumed Innocent, and A Star is Born

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The Tools of Screenwriting

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