Best Screenwriting Books: Dmytryk’s ON SCREEN WRITING

Dmytryk, Edward Filmmaker Edward Dmytryk published a series of books on the film trade when, in the last section of his life, he became a film teacher. We have already reviewed here his book On Film Editing and here his book On Screen Acting. Now it’s…

For Screenwriters: How to Cope with Rejection

Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories. This book covers many aspects of the screenwriter’s life through the eyes of renowned authors. It’s a work about screenwriting filled with advice and wisdom from established Hollywood writers. And…

Best Screenwriting Books: THE ART OF DRAMATIC WRITING

Lajos Egri (1888-1967) wrote The Art of Dramatic Writing back in the ’40s. The book is not about writing film but theatre. Still, it’s considered chronologically as the first “how-to“ work ever made about screenwriting -even if the author didn’t know. Many concepts in…

Best Screenwriting Books: ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE

William Goldman (1931-2018) is one of the best screenwriters Hollywood has seen. He was the author of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (an original script that won him his first Oscar), “All The President’s Men” (maybe the most difficult…

Remembering Syd Field, 1935 – 2013

Scott Macaulay pays homage to Syd Field in Filmmaker Magazine. Field helped a lot of writers and that should be put in the spotlight: Remembering Syd Field, 1935-2013. More about Field? Check Best Screenwriting Books Ever: Syd Field’s SCREENPLAY and  How to…

On The Benefits Of The Three-Act Screenplay Structure

“Poor, poor three-act structure. So much to offer. So misunderstood”. Jennine Lanouette‘s article Save the baby! On the Benefits of the Three-Act Screenplay Structure is a first-class, badly needed statement on screenwriting.  It deals with the mental process of writing, the structure as…