The Screenwriter's Roadmap Coming Next Week

The Screenwriter's Roadmap Coming Next Week

Details: Category: News; Written by Steve Pattee; Published on Thursday, 20 September 2012 14:49

Neil Landau, bestselling of author of 101 Things I Learned in Film School and screenwriter of Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, newest book, The Screenwriter's Roadmap: 21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Story, is hitting the shelves on September 28th from Focal Press

From the press release:
Each chapter is augmented by end of chapter "homework" assignments, examples from recent blockbusters and timeless classic films, as well as interviews with some of Hollywood's most successful screenwriters including Scott Z. Burns (Contagion), Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy), Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island), David Koepp (Spider Man), Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can), Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close), David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight Rises), Billy Ray (The Hunger Games), Melissa Rosenberg (the Twilight trilogy), Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air), and many others.

In this book, Landau, an established Hollywood screenwriter and script doctor, provides 21 questions for you to ask yourself as you write, to help you nail down your screenplay's story structure, deepen its character arcs, bolster stakes, heighten suspense, and diagnose and repair its potential weaknesses. Originally created as a handout for Landau's UCLA screenwriting class, these vital "21 Questions To Keep You On Track" have been field-tested and utilized in the creation of some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters and critically acclaimed films.

You can pre-order The Screenwriter's Roadmap: 21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Story now.