{"product_id":"the-screenwriters-problem-solver-how-to-recognize-identify-and-define-screenwriting-problems-paperback","title":"The Screenwriter's Problem Solver: How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSyd Field\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to \u003ci\u003eDie Hard: With a Vengeance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBroken Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved \u003ci\u003ePlatoon\u003c\/i\u003e-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-Understand what makes great stories work\u003cbr\u003e-Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using \u003ci\u003eThelma \u0026amp; Louise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDances With Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e as models\u003cbr\u003e-Use a \"dream assignment\" to let your creative self break free overnight\u003cbr\u003e-Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does\u003cbr\u003e-Recover when you hit the \"wall\"-and overcome writer's block forever\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to \"Die Hard: With a Vengeance and \"Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved \"Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to: \u003cbr\u003eUnderstand what makes great stories work\u003cbr\u003eMake your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using \"Thelma \u0026amp; Louise and \"Dances With Wolves as models\u003cbr\u003eUse a \"dream assignment\" to let your creative self break free overnight\u003cbr\u003eMake action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does\u003cbr\u003eRecover when you hit the \"wall\"-and overcome writer's block forever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant - secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to understand what makes great stories work; make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma \u0026amp; Louise and Dances With Wolves as models; use a \"dream assignment\" to let your creative self break free overnight; make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does; and recover when you hit the \"wall\" - and overcome writer's block forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSyd Field\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2013), the internationally renowned \"guru of screenwriting,\" was the author of eight bestselling books on the subject, including \u003ci\u003eScreenplay, \u003c\/i\u003e published in twenty-three languages and used in hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide and around the world. He was inducted into the Final Draft Hall of Fame in 2006 and was the first inductee into the Screenwriting Hall of Fame of the American Screenwriting Association. 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