Alexandra Sokoloff
A revised and expanded second volume of award-winning author and screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff's Screenwriting Tricks For Authors workbook, with a special emphasis on writing love.,Screenwriting is a compressed and dynamic storytelling form and the techniques of screenwriting are easily adaptable to novel writing. You can jump-start your plot and bring your characters and scenes vibrantly alive on the page - by watching your favorite movies and learning from the storytelling tricks of great filmmakers.,With this workbook you'll learn how to use techniques of film writing such as:,- the High Concept Premise,- the Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure,- the Storyboard Grid,- the Index Card Method of Plotting,- as well as tricks of film pacing and suspense, character arc and drive, visual storytelling, creating setpieces, and building image systems - to structure and color your novel for maximum emotional impact, suspense, and pacing, no matter what genre you're writing in.,Contains all the general story structure lessons of STFA I and much more, but with special attention to key story elements, techniques and examples from romantic comedy, romantic suspense, and romantic adventure, including ten full story breakdowns.,TABLE OF CONTENTS,Introduction,PART ONE: STORY STRUCTURE,1. The Master List,2. What's Your Premise?,3. First, You Need an Idea,4. What KIND of Story Is It?,5. The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure,6. The Index Card Method,7. Story Elements Checklist,8. Elements of Act I,9. Plan, Central Question, Central Story Action,10. What's The Plan?,11. Hero/ine, Protagonist, Main Character,12. Hero and Heroine, Lover and Loved One,13. What Makes A Great Villain?,14. Elements of Act Two,15. Elements of Act Two, Part 2,16. Elements of Act Three,17. Top Ten Endings,18. What Makes a Great Climax?,19. Act Climaxes Overview and Examples,20. Expanding on the Key Story Elements,21. Expanded Story Elements Checklist,22. Love Story Elements,23. Fairy Tale Structure,24. Meta Structure,25. What is "High Concept"?,26. The Rule of Three,27. Voice,28. First Chapters,29. Theme and Thematic Image Systems,30. Visual Storytelling,31. Creating Suspense,32. Plants and Payoffs,33. The Big Twist,34. Character Introductions,35. Using Character Clusters,36. Your First Draft is Always Going to Suck,37. Top Ten Things I Know About Editing,38. A Process for Writing,PART TWO: STORY BREAKDOWNS,39. The Breakdowns,40. Leap Year,41. While You Were Sleeping,42. Notting Hill,43. Four Weddings and a Funeral,44. The Proposal,45. New in Town,46. Groundhog Day,47. Sense and Sensibility,48. Romancing the Stone,49. Sea of Love,PART THREE: THE BUSINESS,50. Life is a Pitch Meeting,51. How Do I Get a Literary Agent?,52. Internet Resources for Writers,53. So You Want to Know About Screenwriting,54. Recommended Reading,Figure 1: Story Grid
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Writing Love: Screenwriting Tricks for Authors II