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The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules

The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules
Your Price: $19.95 CDN
Author: Pilar Alessandra
Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions
Format: Softcover
# of Pages: 106
Pub. Date: 2018
ISBN-10: 1615932828
ISBN-13: 9781615932825

About the Book:

In The Coffee Break Screenwriter leading Hollywood script consultant Pilar Alessandra taught writers how to outline quickly, write efficiently, and rewrite creatively. It is the "go-to" book for getting one's story on the page. But now that same writer may be doing a final pass on a project, working with a producer, or coming up with a new project only to be hit with ... RULES! Should the writer respond to this random list of do's and don'ts pertaining to structure, characters, dialogue, and formatting? Nope.

Who says you have to follow the screenwriting rules? In The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules screenwriting instructor and script consultant Pilar Alessandra reviews the so-called, unspoken "rules" writers assume they should follow, discusses why they're there in the first place, and then shows you ways to creatively break them!

Each "rule" of screenwriting has its own section complete with examples of well known scripts. Each "rule" that is addressed is punctuated with questions such as "Why it Exists?", "Why Break It?" and "Who Broke it Best?" Rules evaluated in The Coffee Break Screenwriter Breaks the Rules: A Guide for the Rebel Writer include those addressing:

1. Storytelling devices like flashback and voiceover.
2. Character rules such as empathy and backstory.
3. Dialogue faux pas such as "writing on the nose".
4. Structural issues such as nonlinear writing and act-break placement.
5. Formatting sticking points involving emotion and visuals.

For every "rule" that's discussed, Pilar Alessandra covers:

1. Why the rule exists.
2. Why writers should break the rule.
3. How writers can break the rule.
4. How breaking the rule can break bad (so break with care).

About the Author:

Pilar Alessandra has helped thousands of screenwriters write and develop their feature and television scripts. She's worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar Pictures and has trained writers at ABC/Disney, MTV/Nickelodeon, the National Screen Institute (NSI), the Los Angeles Film School, The UCLA Writers Program, and more. Her students and clients have written for The Walking Dead, Lost, House of Lies, Nip/Tuck, and Family Guy. They've sold features and pitches to Warner Bros., DreamWorks, Disney, and Sony, and have won the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Screenwriting Competition, and Warner Bros. TV Writing Workshop.

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