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Any books to get into screenwriting? I wrote some plays for theater, but I want to get better at it. Which books do you reccomend?

>> No.11917476

>>11917418
>become Jewish
>sell screenplay literally tomorrow before having even written it
>profit

>> No.11918239

On Film-making by Alexander MacKendrick

>> No.11918282

Read as many scripts as possible. They're quick and don't take much effort. You can find a lot online for free.

Just remember that you aren't the director.

You're not Shane Black or Tarantino so don't write your scripts like them.

>> No.11918334

>>11917476
I'm Jewish and one of my scripts is in the top 20 this month on the blacklist. I've never gotten a dime for my writing.

It's about who you know and who your parents are, not whether or not you have a foreskin

>> No.11918428

>>11918239
>>11918282
Thanks. What do you mean with not to write like Tarantino or Black?

>> No.11919677

>>11918428
some directors literally write screenplay to ease themselves - as they're the one that going to direct 'em.

>> No.11919697

Try the Poetics by Aristotle

>> No.11919706

>>11918334
Being part of the (((tribe))) is the best way to get connections

>> No.11920648

>>11919677
Don't you mean screenwriters? I directed my plays also (more in the way actors should deliver their lines), but obviously directing a movie is another thing completely.

>> No.11920654

>>11919697
Already did. Some books I read stole a lot from him lol.

>> No.11920699

>>11917418
Bump. Not OP but books on the history of screenwriting would be interesting also.

>> No.11920805

Not a book but watch barton fink

>> No.11920824

>>11918428
>Thanks. What do you mean with not to write like Tarantino or Black?

have your own voice, don´t rehash other styles

>> No.11920879

>>11920805
Op here. Already watched it. I love the Coen brothers. I also like Charlie Kaufmann and Wim Wenders among others.

>> No.11920891

>>11920824
From Shane Black I only watched The Nice Guys. I thought it was very underrated, one of the few movies recently that made laugh out loud, in the truest sense. So I don't know what could be his thing...

>> No.11920900

>>11920891
shane black´s thing is reddit humor, avoid that

read screenplays from movies of the 70's and before

remember dialogue is complementary to the story, so it doesn´t have to be realistic or like real life

>> No.11921374

>>11917418
SCREENWRITING 101 BY ME

>> No.11921439
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11921439

>>11917418
obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGaRKNY1Efk

>> No.11921811

>>11917418
>>11921374
HERE IS THE OLD ONE BY THE WAY, THE SHINY NEW EDITION IS OUT JANUARY 2019--PUT THAT IN YOUR CALENDAR
https://scribd.com/doc/91702873/Filmcrithulk-Screenwriting-101

>> No.11921878

Save the Cat

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11921912

>>11917418
>ywn have a qt asian gf with an orange on her head
why live?

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11922023

>>11921811
Thank you for this I have read this in one sitting and have learnt a lot

>> No.11922821

>>11920900
What do you mean by reddit humor?

>> No.11922828

>>11921878
Thanks!

>> No.11922835

>>11921439
Also thanks. I should have answered everyone in one post. Anyways, you are being very helpful.

>> No.11924147

>>11922821
marvel movie quippy type jokes for fags and le random shit