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Syd Field, author of Screenplay, returns to assist professional and aspiring screenwriters with this workbook. Using well-known films as examples, Field shows the writer how to recognise, locate, and solve problems in a screenplay.

The Screenwriter's Problem Solver

How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problem

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  • Paperback

    366 pages

  • Release Date

    17 February 1998

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Summary

Using well-known films as examples, Syd Fiel d shows aspiring screenwriters how to recognise, locate and solve problems in a screenplay, from the finest detail to qu estions of character, motivation, plot, etc. ‘

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780440504917
ISBN-10:0440504910
Author:Syd Field
Publisher:Dell Books
Imprint:Delta
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:366
Release Date:17 February 1998
Weight:336g
Dimensions:51mm x 132mm x 209mm
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Critics Review

With examples from Pulp Fiction, How to Make an American Quilt, The Shawshank Redemption, Crimson Tide, Broken Arrow…and more of Hollywood’s biggest hits

“The most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world.“—The Hollywood Reporter

“If I were writing screenplays…I would carry Syd Field around in my back pocket wherever I went.“—Steven Bochco, writerproducerdirector, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue

“I based Like Water For Chocolate on what i learned in Syd’s books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story.“—Laura Esquivel

About The Author

Syd Field

Syd Field (1935–2013), the internationally renowned “guru of screenwriting,” was the author of eight bestselling books on the subject, including Screenplay, published in twenty-three languages and used in hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide and around the world. He was inducted into the Final Draft Hall of Fame in 2006 and was the first inductee into the Screenwriting Hall of Fame of the American Screenwriting Association. He was also a special consultant to the Film Preservation Project for the Getty Center.

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