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Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great

by William M Akers

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ISBN13: 9781932907452
ISBN10: 1932907459
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Akers, a noted screenwriter and lifetime member of the Writers Guild of America, offers this guide to writing a screenplay that will read well and attract the attention of producers, agents and filmmakers. The author focuses on identifying the flaws that make a screenplay hard to read, such as picking the wrong main character, choosing an uninteresting title or even not giving bad guys a decent "bad guy speech." Tips on the physical act of writing are given as well, and the author provides practical information for novices on how the industry actually reads and processes unsolicited screenplays. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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A lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America who has had three feature films produced from his screenplays, Akers offers beginning writers the tools they need to get their screenplay noticed.
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310screenwriter, February 5, 2010 (view all comments by 310screenwriter)
Don't be put off by the title -- this book is incredibly helpful to anyone who's staring at their first draft, wondering how and where to start working it into something that doesn't suck.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781932907452
Author:
Akers, William M
Publisher:
Michael Wiese Productions
Author:
Akers, William M.
Subject:
Film & Video - Screenwriting
Subject:
Motion picture authorship
Subject:
Motion picture plays - Editing
Subject:
Film - Screenwriting
Subject:
Film and Television-Screenwriting
Copyright:
2008
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20080831
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
287
Dimensions:
8.44x6.74x.74 in. 1.10 lbs.
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