I was recently given a copy of a very interesting new book called Stan Lee’s How to Write Comics by Stan Lee and Bob Greenberger, a step-by-step guide to crafting scripts for comic books, co-authored by the legendary comics writer, editor, and publisher and co-creator of many of the medium’s most classic characters, including Spider-Man, The Hulk, Thor, and The Fantastic Four.
Jeffrey Davis (The Love Boat, Night Court) and Peter Desberg interviewed some of the top comedy writers in Hollywood for their new book, Show Me the Funny!
If you have some spare time to read anything other than the next draft of your screenplay, Ray Morton recommends these texts on Hollywood history.
Story Analyst Dan Calvisi used to only reveal the inner workings of his method to his students and script consulting clients now but he’s sharing his template in his new eBook: Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay, available as a download purchase directly off his on his Act Four Screenplays website.
In this, her ninth book on screenwriting, the industry’s matriarch — who essentially created the job of script consultant three decades ago — Dr. Seger has gone on to clarify one of the most elusive elements of screenwriting in her latest book: Writing Subtext: What Lies Beneath.
In My Story Can Beat Up Your Story, Jeffrey Alan Schechter promises “Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay From Opening Hook to Knockout Punch.”
Ray Morton gives a brief review of The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter, which reprints the original book along with almost 200 pages of additional material covering the creation of the five Doctor Who specials that were produced in 2009, including Davies’s and star David Tennant’s final episodes, “The End of Time” Part 1 and Part 2.
Entitled “Why don’t scripts get sold?,” Chapter One of Donna Michelle Anderson’s (DMA) book is exactly one sentence long: “Scripts don’t get sold because the screenwriter didn’t know, understand or respect the process of selling a script.”
So you’ve got an idea for a reality show—did you know there would most likely be $1000-$3000 of out-of-pocket expenses (as in, “yours”) to get it set up to even pitch? This is just one of the many startling, sobering facts available in Donna Michelle Anderson’s book The Show Starter Reality TV Made Simple System.
