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So Your Mama Loves It, But Is It Ready for the Big Time? The 10 Most Common Mistakes Screenwriters Make (And How You Can Avoid Them)
Everyone wants that coveted career in screenwriting. Everyone sees the big payoff.
The mass of literature tells you it's easy, you can make a quick buck, you can live the good life. But not so long ago writers as great as William Faulkner and John Steinbeck wrestled with the screenplay. It is a difficult and brilliantly compressed form, not simply a template to be "fleshed out" with screenwriting software.
Don't be fooled. There are no shortcuts, but if you're willing to work at it, you can elevate your work to a level where you will open doors and build relationships, the first step to a sale.
So Your Mama Loves it, But is it Ready for the Big Time? is not a simple how-to list or a feel-good tome. It is a state of the union address, full of tips that will help deepen your writing and take it to the next level, and punctuated with difficult but clarifying questions designed to help you assess if your work is ready to enter the gates of Camelot.
Sheila Gallien Table of Contents
- The Bill Broyles Foreword
- Robert McKee - Nothing more need be said
- Scripts on Amazon
- NPR Topics; Movies
- Screenplays, nothing but screenplays
- Sheila Gallien Presents; An RSS Feed
- Sheila Gallien's Favorite Screenplays
- Screenwriting Software on Amazon
- Sheila Gallien Screenwriters Link List
- Are You Ready For Your Big Trip to Hollywood?
- Google Screenwriting News
- Sheila Gallien Featured Lenses
- Printers on Amazon
- More Sheila Gallien Featured Lenses
- Sheila Gallien Del.icio.us bookmarks
- Sheila Gallien Link List
- Sheila Gallien would love some Reader Feedback
The Bill Broyles Foreword
"This book is simply the single best resource on screenwriting you can get." - Bill Broyles
This book is simply the best single resource on screenwriting available. I had the benefit of Sheila Gallien's insights on every script I wrote for six years: from Apollo 13 to Cast Away, with four or five others thrown in for good measure.Her advice was always clear, direct, and to the point. It was always grounded in rock-solid principles of story-telling. She helped me see what I had done wrong, and how to make what I had done right even better. That is a rare gift.
Other books have been written on the how-to's of screenwriting. None give the writer such an insider's view on how to trouble-shoot your own script. It's like being given the best toolbox in the business.
Above all, it's specific. Dip into it any time you know you can make your screenplay better and you're not quite sure how.
Or better yet, browse through it when you're stuck and in the depths of writer's despair. It's so shrewd and pointed and wise in the ways not only of screenwriting, but life itself, that at the very least it will make you laugh. And I wager it will send you back to your script inspired, with renewed determination.
Having this book is the next best thing to having Sheila reading over your shoulder. And it doesn't get any better than that.
--William Broyles, 2004
William Broyles, Jr. credits; Screenwriter Apollo 13, Cast Away, Unfaithful, Jarhead, Flags of our Fathers.
Robert McKee - Nothing more need be said
Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting
Release Date: 11/25/1997
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Adaptation: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series)
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Scripts on Amazon
Return of the Jedi Original Movie Script
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Indiana Jones Temple of Doom Original Movie Script Library Collector's Edition
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The Art of Movie Making: Script to Screen
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Rocky: the Original Movie Script
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Pride and Prejudice (2005) Movie Script/screenplay
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NPR Topics; Movies
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Little Miss Sunshine: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts Series)
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William Goldman: Five Screenplays (Applause Screenplay)
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Chinatown and the Last Detail: Two Screenplays
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Three Screenplays: To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies and The Trip to Bountiful (Foote, Horton)
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Casablanca: Script and Legend: The 50th Anniversary Edition
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Sheila Gallien Presents; An RSS Feed
Movie News from the LA Times
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Hi everyone, these are my favorite scripts feel free to vote on them or add your own. Many, many thanks for stopping by.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you kil more...0 points
Unfaithful by Alvin Sargent and William Broyles
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Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore and Vanna Paoli
This is the movie that made me love movies. In te more...0 points
The Godfather by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola
Not a wasted nanosecond. For me, it's the moment M more...0 points
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Pedro Almodovar
The perfect blend of angst and humor. Burning bed more...0 points
Screenwriting Software on Amazon
Sheila does not endorse any particular screenwriting product.
Movie Magic Screenwriter 6 with ScreenStyle Bonus DVD and Screenwriter's Bible
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John Truby Blockbuster (Writing and Screenwriting Software)
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Final Draft 7 Professional Scriptwriting Win/Mac
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Final Draft 7/Syd Field's Screenwriting Workshop DVD Bundle
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Write Brothers Dramatica Pro 4 (Win/Mac)
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Sheila Gallien Screenwriters Link List
- Creative Screenwriting Magazine
- Creative Screenwriting was named "the best magazine about screenwriting" by the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Sign up for CS Weekly for free.
- Screenwriting Expo
- The largest event in the world for screenwriters, Screenwriting Expo 6 features hundreds of seminars on every aspect of writing imaginable as well as numerous A-list guests of honor.
- CS Web
- This portal to the screenwriting world includes more than 1,000,000 words of advice to help you make the transition from aspiring to professional screenwriter
- Drew's Script-O-Rama
- Drew's is always a great place to find scripts.
- Screenwriting Expo DVDs
- Creative Screenwriting magazine brings you the best A-list speakers and seminars from the Expo on DVD. Beginning at only $14.95, these DVDs are a huge value.
- TV Screenwriting
- Veteran TV writer and producer Catherine Clinch presents her method for writing a TV screenplay from concept to production, discusses how the networks and studios work, the rules of writing two, four, and seven-act scripts, and how to approach writing a spec for an existing show.
- Screenwriting Message Boards
- The best place on the net to seek advice from fellow writers or to check out the job board and build your career.
- litscene.com
- Litscene.com is the portal for writers and authors. There are 3750 sites in the directory. Get more exposure by adding your site or project to the directory, or if you're looking for a resource, use our site search.
- Fortress Entertainment
- Launched in early 2004 by founders Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes, Fortress Features is a fully self-financed feature film and television development and production company. Backed by the American Film Capital II, LLC private equity investment fund managed by the co-founders and Tighe Curran, Fortress specializes in early stage financing of commercial film and television properties maximizing creative control and financial return.
- Scriptfly
- We have thousands of screenplays to choose from. New movie scripts and older classic movies. All scripts are in their original screenplay format for your script writing education and collection. If you don't see it, please ask.
- Robert McKee's Story Seminar
- For over 15 years, Robert McKee's Story Seminar has been the world's ultimate writing class for over 50,000 screenwriters, filmmakers, TV writers, novelists, industry executives, actors, producers, directors and playwrights.
- Write Brothers Software
- Since 1982, Write Brothers Inc. (formerly called Screenplay Systems) has been the world leader in film and television production software. Our software is sold worldwide and has been used in the development of most of your favorite films and television shows.
Rather than stifle creativity, Write Brothers believes that the computer has given people unprecedented freedom to create, develop, and implement new ideas and inspirations. Since 1990, over 80% of the Academy Award® nominations and 95% of the Emmy® awards went to companies that used Write Brothers/ Screenplay Systems' software. - Absolute Write for Screenwriters
- This is a great resource for screenwriters including; links, articles, interviews and message boards.
- Muse Ink
- Award-winning screenwriter and bestselling author Ami Hendrickson is the founder of Muse Ink - inspiring writers and helping them put their vision into words.
Are You Ready For Your Big Trip to Hollywood?
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- Filmmaking’s inner circle
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Printers on Amazon
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- Sheila Gallien Screenplay Consultant
- Sheila Gallien is a top screenplay consultant who helps screenwriters improve their story and script. Sheila will upgrade your screenwriting skills and your script's marketability.
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