Bestsellers
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Save the Cat!
- The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
- By: Blake Snyder
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Here's what started the phenomenon: This book has been a best seller for over 15 years and has been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business....
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Don't waste your time
- By Amazon Customer on 02-05-20
By: Blake Snyder
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- Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
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Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track....
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Only 5 Chapters
- By Stephen Buck on 02-15-11
By: Robert McKee
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Kill the Dog
- The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
- By: Paul Guyot
- Narrated by: Paul Guyot
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Kill the Dog is the first book on screenwriting written by an actual working professional screenwriter. Award-winning screenwriter Paul Guyot exposes the lies other screenwriting books have told, and presents authentic, essential instruction and motivation....
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The Only Book on Screenwriting to Bring Me To Tears
- By P. Taegel on 10-26-23
By: Paul Guyot
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Adventures in the Screen Trade
- By: William Goldman
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the best-selling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums....
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Stone cold Hollywood classic with one of the better Narrations you’ll ever hear
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-22
By: William Goldman
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Everywhere an Oink Oink
- An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
- By: David Mamet
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies....
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Poor Mr. Mamet
- By Joe on 02-03-24
By: David Mamet
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Character
- The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The long-awaited third volume of Robert McKee’s trilogy on the art of fiction....
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I question whether Robert wrote it
- By C. Deputy on 06-27-21
By: Robert McKee
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Save the Cat!
- The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
- By: Blake Snyder
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Here's what started the phenomenon: This book has been a best seller for over 15 years and has been used by screenwriters around the world! Blake Snyder tells all in this fast, funny, and candid look inside the movie business....
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Don't waste your time
- By Amazon Customer on 02-05-20
By: Blake Snyder
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Story
- Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Abridged
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Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track....
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Only 5 Chapters
- By Stephen Buck on 02-15-11
By: Robert McKee
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Kill the Dog
- The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth
- By: Paul Guyot
- Narrated by: Paul Guyot
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Kill the Dog is the first book on screenwriting written by an actual working professional screenwriter. Award-winning screenwriter Paul Guyot exposes the lies other screenwriting books have told, and presents authentic, essential instruction and motivation....
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The Only Book on Screenwriting to Bring Me To Tears
- By P. Taegel on 10-26-23
By: Paul Guyot
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Adventures in the Screen Trade
- By: William Goldman
- Narrated by: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the best-selling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's inner sanctums....
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Stone cold Hollywood classic with one of the better Narrations you’ll ever hear
- By Anonymous User on 10-14-22
By: William Goldman
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Everywhere an Oink Oink
- An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
- By: David Mamet
- Narrated by: Jim Frangione
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies....
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Poor Mr. Mamet
- By Joe on 02-03-24
By: David Mamet
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Character
- The Art of Role and Cast Design for Page, Stage, and Screen
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The long-awaited third volume of Robert McKee’s trilogy on the art of fiction....
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I question whether Robert wrote it
- By C. Deputy on 06-27-21
By: Robert McKee
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Dialogue
- The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
- By: Robert McKee
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In Dialogue, Robert McKee offers in-depth analysis for how characters speak on the screen, on the stage, and on the page in believable and engaging ways....
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Not suited for audio
- By Smith on 03-04-17
By: Robert McKee
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The Nutshell Technique
- Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting
- By: Jill Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Sonja Field
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don't know how to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation....
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Easy to Understand
- By Matt on 06-23-23
By: Jill Chamberlain
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Save the Cat!® Writes for TV
- The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need
- By: Jamie Nash
- Narrated by: Jamie Nash
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Blake Snyder's Save the Cat!, the world's top-selling story method for filmmakers and novelists, introduces The Last Book on Creating Binge-Worthy Content You'll Ever Need....
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Great info, but I rather have the book
- By CharlieG on 08-31-23
By: Jamie Nash
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Action
- The Art of Excitement for Screen, Page, and Game
- By: Robert McKee, Bassim El-Wakil
- Narrated by: Robert McKee
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Action explores the ways that a modern-day writer can successfully tell an action story that not only stands apart, but wins the war on clichés....
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Complete guide on action/ Same as Character and Dialogue are complete guides in those books
- By Anonymous User on 06-09-23
By: Robert McKee, and others
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How to Write Dazzling Dialogue
- The Fastest Way to Improve Any Manuscript
- By: James Scott Bell
- Narrated by: James Scott Bell
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down....
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Good course, subpar audio quality
- By Andrew Wadsworth on 03-21-20
By: James Scott Bell
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Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies
- The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
- By: Blake Snyder
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In the perfect companion piece to his first book, Blake Snyder delivers even more insider information gleaned from a 20-year track record as one of Hollywood's most successful spec screenwriters....
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Actionable and entertaining
- By Al Davidian on 06-07-20
By: Blake Snyder
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How to Write a Dynamite Scene Using the Snowflake Method
- Advanced Fiction Writing, Book 2
- By: Randy Ingermanson
- Narrated by: James L. Rubart
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The secret to writing a dynamite novel is to first write a dynamite scene. Because if you can write one terrific scene, you can write a hundred. And that's a novel....
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Very helpful!
- By ZanzibarGirl on 06-14-18
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How Not to Make a Short Film
- Secrets from a Sundance Programmer
- By: Roberta Marie Munroe
- Narrated by: Roberta Marie Munroe
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Roberta walks you through the minefield of mistakes that an aspiring filmmaker can make - so that you don't have to make them yourself....
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picked up before a 48 hour film fest
- By norman rogers on 05-06-15
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Save the Cat! Strikes Back
- By: Blake Snyder
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Blake listened to you and provides new tips, tactics, and techniques to solve your writing problems and create stories that resonate....
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The Thrill of the Creative!
- By Gillian on 12-10-15
By: Blake Snyder
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Story Solution
- 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
- By: Eric Edson
- Narrated by: Eric Edson
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay or novel - the 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take. It's an easy-to-understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need....
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Insightful and comprehensive
- By Elvie Grace on 01-09-22
By: Eric Edson
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Do Story
- How to Tell Your Story so the World Listens
- By: Bobette Buster
- Narrated by: Bobette Buster
- Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Today's world wants to know you and the real story behind why you do what you do....
By: Bobette Buster
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Immersive Storytelling for Real and Imagined Worlds
- A Writer's Guide
- By: Margaret Kerrison
- Narrated by: Margaret Kerrison
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The emerging discipline of immersive storytelling recognizes the power of creative works that put the viewer at the center of the action. Theme park designer Margaret Kerrison shares tips and tricks for writers on teams tasked with bringing a narrative to life....
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Inspiring!
- By Debora Novarini on 12-31-23
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The Church of Baseball
- The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit
- By: Ron Shelton
- Narrated by: Ron Shelton
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball—especially a story set in the minors....
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Great movie, great story
- By Kathy Morris on 07-11-22
By: Ron Shelton
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Write a Screenplay Every 60 Days
- From Concept to Production
- By: C.H. Daniels
- Narrated by: C.H. Daniels
- Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The foundation of a successful writing career is to actually write. Write a Screenplay Every 60 Days is your ultimate guide through the entire process - from concept to production....
By: C.H. Daniels
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Super Structure
- The Key to Unleashing the Power of Story
- By: James Scott Bell
- Narrated by: James Scott Bell
- Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Super Structure represents over two decades of research on what makes a novel or screenplay entertaining, commercial, original, and irresistible. Contrary to what some may think, structure is not a nasty inhibitor of creativity....
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Help for crafting a great story
- By Robin on 01-09-21
By: James Scott Bell
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The Last Fifty Pages
- The Art and Craft of Unforgettable Endings
- By: James Scott Bell
- Narrated by: James Scott Bell
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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What are the secrets for writing a great ending for your novel? How do you leave readers so satisfied that they'll want another book by you, right now? What tools and techniques can shape your last 50 pages into a powerful, unforgettable experience? Listen to find out more....
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Not Great and Out Of Touch With The Times
- By Joseph Blackhurst on 12-22-20
By: James Scott Bell
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How to Write a Movie Script With Characters That Don't Suck (ScriptBully Book Series)
- By: Michael Rogan
- Narrated by: Gregory Zarcone
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Learning how to write a movie script is more than just figuring out the margins and hitting a few plot points along the way. (Sorry, Syd Field.)
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Perfect Toolkit for Character Creation
- By Robert Cook Jr. on 04-08-23
By: Michael Rogan
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The Godfather Notebook
- By: Francis Ford Coppola
- Narrated by: Francis Ford Coppola, Joe Mantegna
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The never-before-published edition of Francis Ford Coppola's notes and annotations on The Godfather novel by Mario Puzo reveals the story behind one of the world's most iconic films....
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Pleasurable peek into the scriptwriting process
- By tru britty on 11-16-16
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Without Lying Down
- By: Cari Beauchamp
- Narrated by: Holly Palance
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Cari Beauchamp masterfully combines biography with social and cultural history to examine the lives of Frances Marion and her many female colleagues who shaped filmmaking from the early teens through the 1940s....
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A Must Read
- By Robert Wallace on 03-19-19
By: Cari Beauchamp
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How to Write a Screenplay That Doesn't Suck and Will Actually Sell
- ScriptBully Book Series
- By: Michael Rogan
- Narrated by: Greg Zarcone
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Want to learn how to write a screenplay that doesn't suck and can actually make you money? Listen to this audiobook....
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The a$$ kissers guide to Hollywood
- By Why on 09-29-17
By: Michael Rogan
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Fast, Cheap and Under Control...and...Fast, Cheap and Written That Way
- Two Classic Filmmaking Books Together in One Box Set
- By: John Gaspard
- Narrated by: John Gaspard, Jim Cunningham, Andy Morantz, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Two classic filmmaking books in one box set...
By: John Gaspard
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The Guide for Every Screenwriter
- From Synopsis to Subplots: The Secrets of Screenwriting Revealed
- By: Geoffrey D. Calhoun
- Narrated by: Jo-Ann E. Hess
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Screenwriting made simple. The Guide for Every Screenwriter is one of the most efficient instruction manuals on the craft. This audiobook cuts past the verbose film school expository, and gets straight to work....
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Great intro
- By Jason Farley on 10-17-19
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Writing the TV Drama Series
- How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV
- By: Pamela Douglas
- Narrated by: Charon Normand-Widmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This revised and updated edition is a complete resource for anyone who wants to write and produce a television drama series or create an original series, as well as for teachers in screenwriting classes and workshops....
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Missing the PDF
- By Ashley on 05-28-22
By: Pamela Douglas
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The Idea
- The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
- By: Erik Bork
- Narrated by: Erik Bork
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Most screenwriting books tend to focus on story structure, scene writing, navigating the business, and other parts of the craft that come after the initial choice of the central concept for a story....
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More “look what I’ve done that you can’t”
- By Robert Leonard on 04-06-21
By: Erik Bork
New releases
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Creative Writing Life
- By: Justin M Sloan, Stephan Bugaj
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Do you love to write, but aren't sure what to do with it? Wondering how to approach the industry, find a market, or get an in with the right folks? Stephan Bugaj (Pixar, Telltale Games) and Justin Sloan (Roku's Cypher, the Reclaiming Honor novels) have come together to share advice on living the writer dream. Let them show you exactly what it takes to make it in the world of creative writing. What follows is a collection of their advice and interviews with the experts. This includes screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. In this book you'll read interviews with ...
By: Justin M Sloan, and others
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The Talking Draft Method
- Hollywood’s Secret for a Fast First Draft
- By: Frederick Gooltz
- Narrated by: Frederick Gooltz
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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This practical guide shows exactly how to use The Talking Draft Method for a fast first draft of your script. This book also contains many of Hollywood's most popular outlining structures, plus great revision tricks of the trade to ensure that your next drafts are as great as they can be.
By: Frederick Gooltz
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Merchant of Venice, CA Screenplay
- By: Richard Martini
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A screenplay based on the play "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. Some years ago, the late great actor Ron Silver had agreed to play this character; a film producer named Shylock. I pitched the film to Tom Bernard at Sony Classic pictures and pointed out the "No one has made a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play!" He didn't know that. A few months later, they announced the film adaptation of this play, directed by Michael Radford, starring Al Pacino. So much for inspiring great ideas. I've toyed with the idea of making this Dogme style, and may one day do so - but it's a ...
By: Richard Martini
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Tesla: Power and Light Screenplay
- By: Richard Martini
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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A screenplay about the epic story of titans who shaped the 21st century; Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, J.P. Morgan, Anne Morgan. Tesla's battles with Edison, with Morgan are legendary, his battles with OCD and credit for his inventions are as well. One of the least famous and most important figures in US History, the story has never been told about his accomplishments, and how his inventions have shaped our world, our planet, and our future. Every single day we use one of his patents, from wireless technology to radio waves. How can it be that this man's story has never been told...
By: Richard Martini
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The Screenplays
- By: Scott Shaw
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Scott Shaw is arguably most well known in the film industry as the creator of Zen Filmmaking. This is a style of filmmaking based on the fact that no screenplay is used in the creation of a film. Early in his career, however, Shaw did write numerous scripts. This book presents several of Scott Shaw's unproduced screenplays. Plus, it also presents the screenplay that he wrote for the Cult Film Classic, The Roller Blade Seven. This script was never used, however, as The Roller Blade Seven became the first Zen Film.
By: Scott Shaw
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Quotes on the Writing Craft
- 400 Playwrights, Screenwriters, & Directors on Script Work
- By: Richard Toscan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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You know the basics of playwriting or screenwriting, but now you need to move to that next level. One of the best ways to sharpen those writing skills is by listening to what successful playwrights and screenwriters say about their own processes for developing story concepts, characters, and finding the right structure to tell the tale. Topics range across the entire practice of writing for theatre and film, including titles, dialogue, themes, editing and revision, and rules and not following them. The collection offers inspiration, encouragement, cautions, and practical advice from those ...
By: Richard Toscan
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Creative Writing Life
- By: Justin M Sloan, Stephan Bugaj
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Do you love to write, but aren't sure what to do with it? Wondering how to approach the industry, find a market, or get an in with the right folks? Stephan Bugaj (Pixar, Telltale Games) and Justin Sloan (Roku's Cypher, the Reclaiming Honor novels) have come together to share advice on living the writer dream. Let them show you exactly what it takes to make it in the world of creative writing. What follows is a collection of their advice and interviews with the experts. This includes screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. In this book you'll read interviews with ...
By: Justin M Sloan, and others
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The Talking Draft Method
- Hollywood’s Secret for a Fast First Draft
- By: Frederick Gooltz
- Narrated by: Frederick Gooltz
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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This practical guide shows exactly how to use The Talking Draft Method for a fast first draft of your script. This book also contains many of Hollywood's most popular outlining structures, plus great revision tricks of the trade to ensure that your next drafts are as great as they can be.
By: Frederick Gooltz
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Merchant of Venice, CA Screenplay
- By: Richard Martini
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A screenplay based on the play "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare. Some years ago, the late great actor Ron Silver had agreed to play this character; a film producer named Shylock. I pitched the film to Tom Bernard at Sony Classic pictures and pointed out the "No one has made a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's play!" He didn't know that. A few months later, they announced the film adaptation of this play, directed by Michael Radford, starring Al Pacino. So much for inspiring great ideas. I've toyed with the idea of making this Dogme style, and may one day do so - but it's a ...
By: Richard Martini
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Tesla: Power and Light Screenplay
- By: Richard Martini
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A screenplay about the epic story of titans who shaped the 21st century; Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, J.P. Morgan, Anne Morgan. Tesla's battles with Edison, with Morgan are legendary, his battles with OCD and credit for his inventions are as well. One of the least famous and most important figures in US History, the story has never been told about his accomplishments, and how his inventions have shaped our world, our planet, and our future. Every single day we use one of his patents, from wireless technology to radio waves. How can it be that this man's story has never been told...
By: Richard Martini
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The Screenplays
- By: Scott Shaw
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Scott Shaw is arguably most well known in the film industry as the creator of Zen Filmmaking. This is a style of filmmaking based on the fact that no screenplay is used in the creation of a film. Early in his career, however, Shaw did write numerous scripts. This book presents several of Scott Shaw's unproduced screenplays. Plus, it also presents the screenplay that he wrote for the Cult Film Classic, The Roller Blade Seven. This script was never used, however, as The Roller Blade Seven became the first Zen Film.
By: Scott Shaw
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Quotes on the Writing Craft
- 400 Playwrights, Screenwriters, & Directors on Script Work
- By: Richard Toscan
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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You know the basics of playwriting or screenwriting, but now you need to move to that next level. One of the best ways to sharpen those writing skills is by listening to what successful playwrights and screenwriters say about their own processes for developing story concepts, characters, and finding the right structure to tell the tale. Topics range across the entire practice of writing for theatre and film, including titles, dialogue, themes, editing and revision, and rules and not following them. The collection offers inspiration, encouragement, cautions, and practical advice from those ...
By: Richard Toscan
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Scriptcake Secrets
- The Top 10 Mistakes Novice Screenwriters Make and How to Fix Them
- By: Lovinder Gill
- Narrated by: Lovinder Gill
- Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Gill has taught screenwriting for 20 years at such institutions as Drexel University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and East Carolina University, and he’s noticed a common pattern among his students. First-time screenwriters are generally excited and full of ideas—until they hit a wall: “It feels good until they get somewhere between pages 20–30,” he notes. “Then, they run out of things to write about. Why is there nowhere else to go? Why is it so short? Where is the rest of the story? What do they do now?”
By: Lovinder Gill
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TV Writing Tool Kit: 2nd Edition
- How to Write a Script That Sells
- By: Jen Grisanti
- Narrated by: Catherine O'Connor
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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TV WRITING TOOL KIT 2nd Edition—is an update of my latest story tools, breakdowns, and handouts. The book covers story structure for a TV pilot and spec script, logline formulas for Logline For Your Life and your story, and character. With character, the book goes into the wound and the flaw. I cover everything that I teach in Writers on the Verge at NBC. There are breakdowns for several shows, including—THE GOOD WIFE, MODERN FAMILY, THE NIGHT MANAGER, HOMELAND, FLEABAG, and DEAD TO ME. The book also explores staffing and development.
By: Jen Grisanti
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Stop Screwing Around and Format Your Screenplay Like a Pro
- Your Step-by-step Guide to Formatting Your Screenplay to Professional Industry Standards
- By: Robert McCullough
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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All you need to know about formatting your screenplay to align with professional standards in a quick-reading and to-the-point page turner. The author Robert L. McCullough has nearly 300 produced script credits and is a founder of The Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards, The Diverse Writers Outreach Awards, The Wiki Screenplay Contest, and The Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards. With an M.A. in Screenwriting, an MFA from The American Film Institute, and a long professional career of promoting aspiring writers into working professionals at every major studio, he now ...
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The Hollywood Screenwriter
- An Insider's Guide to Professional Screenwriting
- By: Robert L. McCullough
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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There has never been a better time to be a screenwriter. The recent explosion of cable and streaming services has created a huge demand for movies, limited series, and those long running “bingeable” shows that can hook viewers for years. Before streaming cable networks, the internet, and home entertainment systems radically changed how we consume our entertainment, there was a clear dividing line between writing for feature films and writing for television. That distinction no longer exists. Most major writers, filmmakers and movie stars are now eager to work on projects for the ...
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Content is fine, but used an AI recording…
- By Brady on 04-02-24
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How To Break In To TV Writing
- Insider Interviews
- By: Gray Jones
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
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How To Break In To TV Writing: Insider Interviews shatters myths about how to break in to Hollywood writers' rooms, and replaces them with insider information and a solid battle plan. Learn the lay of the land, tips and strategies from those who have gone before, opportunities to take advantage of, and pitfalls to avoid. You'll find a map to all the tools you need to get started, and tried and tested paths to your goal. In addition to these resources, the book features complete transcripts from 5 interviews on the TV Writer Podcast: • Carole Kirschner (Hollywood Game Plan, Showrunner ...
By: Gray Jones
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From Page to Screen
- A Comprehensive Guide to Turning Your Book Into a Blockbuster (Top Ten Series for Authors 30)
- By: B Alan Bourgeois
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Schmidt
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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"From Page to Screen" is an indispensable companion for authors embarking on the exhilarating journey of transforming their literary masterpieces into captivating cinematic experiences. Navigating the complexities of this process, the book serves as a comprehensive guide, beginning with the crucial step of understanding rights and guiding authors through the maze of contracts and exclusivity agreements. Crafting a compelling pitch becomes the next focus, providing insights into resonating with producers and studios while emphasizing the uniqueness of the narrative.
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Great Resource
- By Anonymous User on 02-14-24
By: B Alan Bourgeois