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How Not to Write a Screenplay
author:Denny Martin Flinn
price: $13.56
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I found that book very helpful, and written in a great way, funny at times. I loved the idea of showing examples of bad scripts instead of the regular casablanca, pulp fiction and all the other fine scripts examples that already been discussed to death in every screenwriting book. Anywayz,I know now (hopefully) what to do so the author WON'T include part of my screenplays in his next book! Althought, I'd also hope to see examples of GOOD spec scripts in future books.
Reviewer: Scott Benton from Los Angeles
Flinn knows his stuff. This is an exhaustive catalogue, if you will, of all danger signs and bear traps posted along the path of writing in the illusive art of screenplay. Presented in a slight tongue-in-cheek tone, Flinn is a able to reduce this complicated world into a fun-to-read and easy to understand format. By referencing well known works which have already made it to the big screen, this book makes those, sometimes vague, concepts all the more relevant and meaningful--a problem I find with many of these "how to write screenplay" books. Besides, Flinn has a writing credit on a movie already (Star Trek 6), something I find many of the authors to these books are lacking. It makes this read all the more authoritative.
This book has a lot of useful information, but some of it I had to question, especially Mr. Flinn's advice about not using "beats". Take a look at the screenplay for The Sixth Sense... it has abundant use of the dreaded "beat" word. And this was probably one of the most sought after (and best written) screenplay's to hit Hollywood in the last few years. I'd be curious to hear if Mr. Flinn would care to modify his advice about "beats".
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