Gardner's Guide to Screenwriting: The Writer's Road Map SYNOPSIS
The Writer's Road Map is for anyone who has a great script idea, but doesn't know how to write it. You will learn how to develop marketable stories, create interesting characters, construct strong script structure, pen sharp dialogue, weave interesting themes, and write original scenes. This book provides building block exercises to help you identify the story elements in other films, and strengthen the development of your own screenplay.
About the Author Marilyn Webber has worked as a professional writer in Los Angeles for the past eight years. Earning her M.F.A. at The American Film Institute, her work has garnered nominations for both an Academy Award and a Humanitas. In addition, her work has won an NAACP Award, an NEA Award: For The Advancement of Learning in Broadcasting, an American Association Library Award: For Most Notable Children's Video, and winner of The Indiana Film Festival.
Miss Webber began her career in children's programming, writing Saturday morning cartoons and animation teleplays progressing to writing one hour action/adventure and dramas for both day time and prime time television. During this period, her romantic comedy screenplay, How To Kill Howie, won Best Screenplay at the Texas Film Festival, while her science fiction script, The Lawless Legion, her action script, Mouth of the Cat, her drama, A Place Called Harmony, and television spec for NYPD Blue, Suffer the Little Children, all placed as Semi-finalists in The Writer's Foundation America's Best Contest.� She has freelanced for networks such as ABC and CBS, and for studios such as Universal and Disney. Her screenplays have been optioned by numerous producers including those at Hearst Entertainment, Saban Entertainment, and Paramount Pictures.
Miss Webber has taught creative writing extension courses through Johns Hopkins University IAAY program, as well as giving independent seminars on screenwriting and writing for animation. Occasionally, she consults as script analyst. A member of the Writer's Guild of America, she has also been a judge for the Cable Ace Awards in the category of dramatic writing.
Currently, Miss Webber is working on completing the second book in The Writer's Road Map series, The Animated Script. She has completed a historical novel, and is developing it as a mini-series. Her feature film, Murder Seen, a suspense/thriller for Saban Entertainment, will be released in 2001. She continues to freelance for television, and is pursuing producing and directing her first feature film.
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Gardner's Guide To Screenwriting: The Writer's Road Map is designed specifically for those who have great script ideas for Hollywood films or television producers, but don't know how to set them down in appropriate formats. Marilyn Webber is an award winning author who writes professionally for both film and television. She shows how to develop marketable stories, create interesting characters, construct strong script structure, pen sharp dialogue, weave interesting themes, and write original scenarios. Gardner's Guide To Screenwriting: The Writer's Road Map is ideal for the novice and aspiring scriptwriter and holds much of value as a refresher for even the more experienced writer.
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In Gardner's Guide To Screenwriting: The Writer's Road Map, Marilyn Webber draws upon her many years of professional
experience and success writing screenplay scripts to show the novice scriptwriter how to translate a great script idea into a
marketable story with interesting characters, strong script structure, engaging dialogue, interesting themes, and original
scenes. This compendium of advice, techniques, strategies, samples and "how to" instruction is highly recommended for
anyone seeking to write a commercially viable script for stage, screen, or television.
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