Screenwriting Book by SRP
Just to let you know we will shortly be releasing a downloadable screenwriting book direct from the website!
The book will focus on the hidden structure behind many of the most successful screenplays ever written—sequences. We feel that knowledge of this often over-looked technique in many screenwriting books and classes will help a great many writers structure their stories to the Hollywood standard.
Going even deeper into sequence structure than Paul Joseph Gulino’s book—The Sequence Approach, we will show how successful films can be broken down further than the traditional three acts into sequences, segments and scenes and how each turns from a positive to a negative and vice-versa.
The book will contain breakdowns of about ten – fifteen films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, (500) Days of Summer, Fight Club etc. with each section focussing on a different genre or sub-genre and how it works structurally, using sequences.
As well as covering the major genres studios are looking for—Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller and Drama—we’ll also throw in some sub-genres such as heist movie, mumblecore, dramedy and unique structural elements found in successful scripts such as non-linear and multi-strand.
We look forward to releasing the book and hope you’ll enjoy reading it when it comes out.
Sounds interesting. Sequences have always been a gray area for me. Looking forward to it.