{"product_id":"writing-in-pictures-screenwriting-made-mostly-painless-paperback","title":"Writing in Pictures: Screenwriting Made (Mostly) Painless - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph McBride\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting in Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e is a refreshingly practical and entertaining guide to screenwriting that provides what is lacking in most such books: a clear, step-by-step demonstration of how to write a screenplay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeasoned screenwriter and writing teacher Joseph McBride breaks down the process into a series of easy, approachable tasks, focusing on literary adaptation as the best way to learn the basics and avoiding the usual formulaic approach. With its wealth of useful tips, along with colorful insights from master screenwriters past and present, this book is invaluable for anyone who wants to learn the craft of screen storytelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCONTENTS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction: Who Needs Another Book on Screenwriting? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Storytelling\u003cbr\u003e1: So Why Write Screenplays?\u003cbr\u003e2: What Is Screenwriting? \u003cbr\u003e3: Stories: What They Are and How to Find Them\u003cbr\u003e4: Ten Tips for the Road Ahead \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart II: Adaptation\u003cbr\u003e5: Breaking the Back of the Book: or, The Art of Adaptation\u003cbr\u003eSTEP 1: THE STORY OUTLINE\u003cbr\u003e6: Research and Development \u003cbr\u003eSTEP 2: THE ADAPTATION OUTLINE\u003cbr\u003e7: The Elements of Screenwriting\u003cbr\u003eSTEP 3: THE CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e8: Exploring Your Story and How to Tell It\u003cbr\u003eSTEP 4: THE TREATMENT \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart III: Production\u003cbr\u003e9: Who Needs Formatting?\u003cbr\u003e10: Actors Are Your Medium \u003cbr\u003e11: Dialogue as Action\u003cbr\u003eSTEP 5: THE STEP OUTLINE\u003cbr\u003e12: The Final Script\u003cbr\u003e13: Epilogue: Breaking into Professional Filmmaking \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAppendix A: The Basic Steps in the Screenwriting Process\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: \"To Build A Fire\" by Jack London\u003cbr\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIndex \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McBride\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally renowned film historian and biographer and a veteran film and television writer whose decades of experience have brought him a Writers Guild of America Award, four other WGA nominations, two Emmy Award nominations, and a Canadian Film Awards nomination. McBride was one of the screenwriters of the cult classic punk rock musical \u003ci\u003eRock 'n' Roll High School \u003c\/i\u003eand co-wrote five American Film Institute Life Achievement Award specials for CBS TV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMcBride was a film critic, reporter, and columnist for \u003ci\u003eDaily Variety \u003c\/i\u003ein Hollywood for many years. His books include the acclaimed biographies \u003ci\u003eFrank Capra: The Catastrophe of Success, Steven Spielberg: A Biography, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Searching for John Ford. \u003c\/i\u003eThe French edition of the Ford biography won the Best Foreign Film Book of the Year award from the French film critics' organization in 2008. McBride has also published a celebrated book of interviews with director Howard Hawks, \u003ci\u003eHawks on Hawks, \u003c\/i\u003eand three books on Orson Welles, including \u003ci\u003eWhat Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career.\u003c\/i\u003e That book is partly a memoir of McBride's experience working as an actor for Welles for six years, playing a film critic in the director's legendary unfinished film \u003ci\u003eThe Other Side of the Wind, \u003c\/i\u003efor which McBride cowrote his dialogue with Welles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMcBride is an associate professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University, where he has been teaching screenwriting and film history since 2002. In 2011, he became the subject of a feature-length documentary on his life and work, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Curtain: Joseph McBride on Writing Film History, \u003c\/i\u003e written and directed by Hart Perez. McBride lives in Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748301537568,"sku":"9780307742926","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/07faa79185c681cfbfc42388fc963843.webp?v=1779907728","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/writing-in-pictures-screenwriting-made-mostly-painless-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}