Best books to learn scriptwriting and screenplays
Until that first line has been scrawled into a notebook, typed onto a Word doc, or hammered onto paper with a vintage typewriter, writing feels akin to entering the seventh circle of hell.
Violent and purgatorial, we wonder why we put ourselves through such creative distress only to scrunch those ideas into balls and sling them into the (recycling) bin.
Yet the prospect of succeeding in the creative industry by crafting the next big thing – be it a novel, blockbuster, short film or TV pilot – captures our imaginations and fuels our dreams.
While being a talented storyteller is all well and good, there are structural and academic necessities associated with penning a submissible screenplay.
From learning screenwriter shorthand and engaging in
