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Intermediate Track: Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seger (July 2008)
This expanded guide offers genuinely useful insights into the complete screenwriting process from first draft through shooting draft. Everyone, from writer to producer, can benefit from the writing and rewriting suggestions offered by the premier Hollywood script consultant's prescription for adding life, color, and style to your writing.
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Read by date: July 31st, 2008
Author participation date: August 5th, 2008
“Making a Good Script Great” is one of the first books on Screenwriting I read many many years ago. It’s still one of the few books that I continue to re-read and use to re-evaluate scripts I receive.
It’s hard to narrow down this book to one chapter or section to highlight the lessons everyone needs. Though if I were pressed, it is the fourth part of the book, the case study, that I have found very illuminating. Specifically as it pertains to breaking a script down for a rewrite.
Many books will tell you how to write for a studio reader, a consultant, a director, producer and even an actor. Not many of them focus on how to make your story the most important element any of these people will see immediately upon reading your script.
Obviously I’m partial, but I’d love to hear what anyone else thinks about “Making a Good Script Great.” Even if you haven’t read it but have heard about it and have question, or want to debate the current validity of Dr. Seger’s arguments, I’d love to hear what you have to say.