#book #screenwriting #writing
How to be a Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside by Marc Blake
Everyone loves - and hates - sitcom. On TV it's the goldmine genre, the one watched by millions. There's a special place in our hearts for Fawlty, Frasier, Blackadder and Brent. An absurd predicament, witty banter, a group of hilariously dysfunctional people: it all seems so easy. But is it? If you've ever said 'I can do better than that', then this is the book for you. How to be a Sitcom Writer will encourage, test and pull you through the comedy boot camp that is writing narrative-led character comedy for radio/TV.
#book #screenwriting #writing
How to be a Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside by Marc Blake
Everyone loves - and hates - sitcom. On TV it's the goldmine genre, the one watched by millions. There's a special place in our hearts for Fawlty, Frasier, Blackadder and Brent. An absurd predicament, witty banter, a group of hilariously dysfunctional people: it all seems so easy. But is it? If you've ever said 'I can do better than that', then this is the book for you. How to be a Sitcom Writer will encourage, test and pull you through the comedy boot camp that is writing narrative-led character comedy for radio/TV.
Добрый вечер, WriterStuff!
Наступило время рекомендаций.
Представляю дружественный канал:
"Прочитала и написала" @prochitalanapisala
Блог с книжными рецензиями на нон-фикшен и со схожей тематикой о книгах, помогающих писать. Канал освещает книги на русском, чего иногда не хватает на нашем канале. Рекомендую!
Добрый вечер, WriterStuff!
Наступило время рекомендаций.
Представляю дружественный канал:
"Прочитала и написала" @prochitalanapisala
Блог с книжными рецензиями на нон-фикшен и со схожей тематикой о книгах, помогающих писать. Канал освещает книги на русском, чего иногда не хватает на нашем канале. Рекомендую!
Добрый день, WriterStuff!
#book #writing
Plot - How To Build Short Stories And Novels That Don't Sag, Gizzle, Or Trail Off In Scraps Of Frustrated Revision...
by Ansen Dibell
This book is about identifying the choices available when creating, fixing, steering, and discovering plots and then learning what narrative problems they are apt to create and how to choose an effective strategy for solving them. The result? Strong, solid stories and novels that move.
#book #writing
Plot - How To Build Short Stories And Novels That Don't Sag, Gizzle, Or Trail Off In Scraps Of Frustrated Revision...
by Ansen Dibell
This book is about identifying the choices available when creating, fixing, steering, and discovering plots and then learning what narrative problems they are apt to create and how to choose an effective strategy for solving them. The result? Strong, solid stories and novels that move.
#week
Добрый день, WriterStuff!
Недельный обзор публикаций на канале.
18-25 сентября 2016
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Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing by Claire Kehrwald Cook
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/180
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The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/183
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#book #writing
How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work
by Anton Chekhov (Author), Piero Brunello (Editor), Lena Lencek (Editor)
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/187
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#book #writing
Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction by Jessica Morrell
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/190
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#book #screenwriting #writing
How to be a Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside by Marc Blake
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/194
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#book #writing
Plot - How To Build Short Stories And Novels That Don't Sag, Gizzle, Or Trail Off In Scraps Of Frustrated Revision...
by Ansen Dibell
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/198
Добрый день, WriterStuff!
Недельный обзор публикаций на канале.
18-25 сентября 2016
#book #writing
Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing by Claire Kehrwald Cook
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/180
-----
#book #writing
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/183
-----
#book #writing
How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work
by Anton Chekhov (Author), Piero Brunello (Editor), Lena Lencek (Editor)
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/187
-----
#book #writing
Bullies, Bastards And Bitches: How To Write The Bad Guys Of Fiction by Jessica Morrell
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/190
-----
#book #screenwriting #writing
How to be a Sitcom Writer: Secrets from the Inside by Marc Blake
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/194
-----
#book #writing
Plot - How To Build Short Stories And Novels That Don't Sag, Gizzle, Or Trail Off In Scraps Of Frustrated Revision...
by Ansen Dibell
https://telegram.me/writerstuff/198
#book #screenwriting
The Screenwriter's Problem Solver: How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems Paperback – February 17, 1998 by Syd Field
(Рейтинг на Амазоне: 4/5)
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes.
Learn how to:
•Understand what makes great stories work
•Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models
•Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight
•Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does
•Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block forever
The Screenwriter's Problem Solver: How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems Paperback – February 17, 1998 by Syd Field
(Рейтинг на Амазоне: 4/5)
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes.
Learn how to:
•Understand what makes great stories work
•Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models
•Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight
•Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does
•Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block forever
#book #writing
Holly Lisle's Create A Culture Clinic (WORLDBUILDING SERIES Book 2)
by Holly Lisle
Could all your characters fit right in at your local mall? Even if you've set them in 10th century Italy or modern-day Russia...or on another planet? Need some help giving your characters the diverse backgrounds REAL people have?
Pro novelist Holly Lisle walks you through her quick, fun, and practical system for developing cultures that feel real. You'll learn to create religions, philosophies, governments and lifestyles different than your own to add compelling conflict and an "I want to go there" feel to your stories.
Holly Lisle's Create A Culture Clinic is a funny, relaxed, and comprehensive start-to-finish course with a step-by-step process that includes worksheets, examples, and how-to advice for writers of every genre, and for every experience level---from absolute beginner with no idea how cultures work, to published pro wanting to add depth and beauty to a book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Holly Lisle fell in love with the mystery and complexity of cultures as a kid traipsing around the world in the wake of religion-swapping parents--she discovered barter and open-air markets, Mayan temples and Spanish haciendas, moose steaks, kayaks, life that didn't include electricity or plumbing, and the grim reality of food that arrived once a year by barge.
Deeply grateful for advanced civilization, she has nonetheless sold more than 30 novels to major publishers in the US and around the world, many of these novels set in cultures from other times, other worlds, or other dimensions where plumbing is merely wishful thinking, electricity is what you avoid during storms, and open-air markets are a full of flies and thieves as the versions that so fascinated her when she was young.
Holly Lisle's Create A Culture Clinic (WORLDBUILDING SERIES Book 2)
by Holly Lisle
Could all your characters fit right in at your local mall? Even if you've set them in 10th century Italy or modern-day Russia...or on another planet? Need some help giving your characters the diverse backgrounds REAL people have?
Pro novelist Holly Lisle walks you through her quick, fun, and practical system for developing cultures that feel real. You'll learn to create religions, philosophies, governments and lifestyles different than your own to add compelling conflict and an "I want to go there" feel to your stories.
Holly Lisle's Create A Culture Clinic is a funny, relaxed, and comprehensive start-to-finish course with a step-by-step process that includes worksheets, examples, and how-to advice for writers of every genre, and for every experience level---from absolute beginner with no idea how cultures work, to published pro wanting to add depth and beauty to a book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Holly Lisle fell in love with the mystery and complexity of cultures as a kid traipsing around the world in the wake of religion-swapping parents--she discovered barter and open-air markets, Mayan temples and Spanish haciendas, moose steaks, kayaks, life that didn't include electricity or plumbing, and the grim reality of food that arrived once a year by barge.
Deeply grateful for advanced civilization, she has nonetheless sold more than 30 novels to major publishers in the US and around the world, many of these novels set in cultures from other times, other worlds, or other dimensions where plumbing is merely wishful thinking, electricity is what you avoid during storms, and open-air markets are a full of flies and thieves as the versions that so fascinated her when she was young.
#book #writing #comedy
Improvisation for the Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy Paperback – by Katie Goodman
(Amazon 4.7 out of 5 stars )
"A practical, fascinating, and funny guidebook. I've already begun applying hints from Improvisation for the Spirit, and I'm hoping that from now on, when people point and laugh at me, it will be for more appropriate reasons. A delightful read, filled with wonderful strategies." ― Martha Beck, Life Coach Columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine, and author of Steering by Starlight
Wish you could gag your Inner Critic? Feeling blocked creatively? Want to make a big change, but fear taking the leap?
Comedy improv requires quick thinking, collaboration, getting out of your own way, and being in the moment without being a perfectionist. Katie Goodman, an internationally touring improv comedian and comedy writer, uses her witty and encouraging style to show you how to acquire the skills of improv comedy and apply them to every aspect of daily life. Along the way Goodman shares hilarious and insightful stories from her experiences onstage, as well as step-by-step exercises from her popular self-discovery workshops and retreats. Packed with creative, original, and, most importantly, fun exercises, Improvisation for the Spirit offers a truly transformational guide for anyone wanting to get more out of life.
"Bottom line: Katie is funny. She teaches you to live your life like an improv scene - no fear and fully committed."― Wayne Brady, improv comedian, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Don't Forget the Lyrics
"Katie Goodman's writing fl ows and then jumps with anecdotes and prescriptions for finding courage. Fun to read, hard to put down."― Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes
"If you feel that something is holding you back, that the life you are meant to live is out there somewhere if only you could fi nd it, then this book should go straight to the top of your reading list."― Carl Honore, author of In Praise of Slowness and Under Pressure
Improvisation for the Spirit: Live a More Creative, Spontaneous, and Courageous Life Using the Tools of Improv Comedy Paperback – by Katie Goodman
(Amazon 4.7 out of 5 stars )
"A practical, fascinating, and funny guidebook. I've already begun applying hints from Improvisation for the Spirit, and I'm hoping that from now on, when people point and laugh at me, it will be for more appropriate reasons. A delightful read, filled with wonderful strategies." ― Martha Beck, Life Coach Columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine, and author of Steering by Starlight
Wish you could gag your Inner Critic? Feeling blocked creatively? Want to make a big change, but fear taking the leap?
Comedy improv requires quick thinking, collaboration, getting out of your own way, and being in the moment without being a perfectionist. Katie Goodman, an internationally touring improv comedian and comedy writer, uses her witty and encouraging style to show you how to acquire the skills of improv comedy and apply them to every aspect of daily life. Along the way Goodman shares hilarious and insightful stories from her experiences onstage, as well as step-by-step exercises from her popular self-discovery workshops and retreats. Packed with creative, original, and, most importantly, fun exercises, Improvisation for the Spirit offers a truly transformational guide for anyone wanting to get more out of life.
"Bottom line: Katie is funny. She teaches you to live your life like an improv scene - no fear and fully committed."― Wayne Brady, improv comedian, Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Don't Forget the Lyrics
"Katie Goodman's writing fl ows and then jumps with anecdotes and prescriptions for finding courage. Fun to read, hard to put down."― Lesley Stahl, 60 Minutes
"If you feel that something is holding you back, that the life you are meant to live is out there somewhere if only you could fi nd it, then this book should go straight to the top of your reading list."― Carl Honore, author of In Praise of Slowness and Under Pressure
#book #writing
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Paperback – Nancy Kress
(Amazon 4.6 out of 5 stars )
Create Complex Characters
How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story?
Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by award-winning author Nancy Kress answers all of these questions and more! This accessible book is filled with interactive exercises and valuable advice that teaches you how to:
Choose and execute the best point of view for your story
Create three-dimensional and believable characters
Develop your characters' emotions
Create realistic love, fight, and death scenes
Use frustration to motivate your characters and drive your story
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint provides you with the techniques you need to create characters and stories sure to linger in the hearts and minds of agents, editors, and readers long after they've finished your book.
Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting Dynamic Characters and Effective Viewpoints (Write Great Fiction) Paperback – Nancy Kress
(Amazon 4.6 out of 5 stars )
Create Complex Characters
How do you create a main character readers won't forget? How do you write a book in multiple-third-person point of view without confusing your readers (or yourself)? How do you plant essential information about a character's past into a story?
Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by award-winning author Nancy Kress answers all of these questions and more! This accessible book is filled with interactive exercises and valuable advice that teaches you how to:
Choose and execute the best point of view for your story
Create three-dimensional and believable characters
Develop your characters' emotions
Create realistic love, fight, and death scenes
Use frustration to motivate your characters and drive your story
With dozens of excerpts from some of today's most popular writers, Write Great Fiction: Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint provides you with the techniques you need to create characters and stories sure to linger in the hearts and minds of agents, editors, and readers long after they've finished your book.