An excellent book from a successful person who has been in the trenches.
Excerpts:
p 38 (on the topic of your spec script needing to revolve around the Central Character) – “A) The story must have an emotional conflict for the Central Character. B) The Central Character drives the action, that it, his choices make the plot progress. C) The Central Character resolves the problem. In other words, the story is told from the Central Character’s point of view. It happens to him; and more important, he makes it happen.”
pages 49-55 have too many gems to write here
p 60 – “(Translate your personal experiences into the lives of the characters.) It’s this kind of authenticity that will give your script the fresh, original quality everyone is looking for … (draw from) your own human failings.”
And many more gems, but no time left.
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