Best Resource I've ever used for scripts and even short stories. Ever!!

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	• How to Write a Movie in 21 Days Viki King Collins, 1993 - 208 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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So far it's a wonderful book!

I am almost finished with this book, and so far it has been amazing! All of the information has been really helpful when it comes to actually starting and getting a script written. And the author knows exactly what a person reading that book is going through. It feels like the author had interviewed me for an hour about writing and my plans for my script before writing this book and giving it to me. Very great book! I recommend it to anyone who wants to get into screenplay writing.

Practical and motivating

The book does a good job of going over the common blocks to finishing a screenplay and how to overcome them. I love the writing prompts.

I was not able to write a screenplay in 21 days, and the reason is that I did not follow her prompts time line or her suggestion to keep to a random draft (instead of putting all the details and craftmanship later on). However, I did get through the first act and should be done with my random draft soon.

This is a motivating book with lots of useful information. Just be sure to do everything else to help yourself finish what you start: join a screenwriter's group, read screenplays in the genre you are attempting to write, watch movies, go to theater, listen to music, go to the art gallery, exercise, etc.)

Break a leg:)

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Best Resource I've ever used for scripts and even short stories. Ever!!

I've read many writing books and this is one that works for any type of writing. With this book, you can write a script or at least a decent rough draft in 21 days. I took a month and was able to do two drafts. One by hand and the other when I transferred the draft to computer. The author's warm and encouraging voice along with the way she breaks the task of writing a longer work are extremely helpful and motivating. I'd recommend this excellent, easy to read text to any of my writer friends and plan to use it in any workshop I give related to writing a script, novel or even a longer short story. The system she provides really works and has lots of application to any genre.
Terrific doesn't cover it.

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Good Things In Small Packages

Don't let the size of this book fool you, there is a lot of valuable knowledge locked within its covers. This book leads you along the landmarks of a good film to create the structured path that Hollywood loves. This book helped me to write 2 screenplays that went on to make it into the final rounds of 6 screenwriting competitions. I didn't write them in 21 days, but I did finish them and receive a lot of praise.

The only screenwriting course you need

HOW TO WRITE A MOVIE IN 21 DAYS take the complete novice to a level of competency I never thought possible from a single book. It is clear, concise and very readable. It is must reading for anyone who wants to learn how screenplays get done. Master the contents of this book before reading any other book on screenwriting. After reading this book and applying its contents, I did not read the Screenwriting for Dummies book I bought because I already had all the skills and information I needed on the subject.

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The ultimate survival guide, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days takes the aspiring screenwriter the shortest distance from blank page to complete script.

Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in the writer's onto the page. This method guides the would-be screenwriter through the writing of a movie. It answers such questions as:

How to clarify the idea you don't quite have yet

How to tell if your idea is really a movie

How to move from what you want to say saying it

How to stop getting ready and start

Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it. It also addresses such issues as:

How to pay the rent while paying your dues

What to say to your spouse when you can't come to bed

How to keep going when you think you can't

For accomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.

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