![]() Rather than exclusively focusing on positive examples, such as the inevitable: this is how Hitchcock shows the superiority of suspense on surprise, he also gives negative examples, highlighting what can go wrong when one forgets the basic rules of the game. ![]() He does so by emphasizing the fundamental role of general, classic laws, often forgotten or discarded, and by illustrating them in an extremely original way. Lavandier does not pretend to reinvent narrative theory his major aim is to help writers, professional as well as non-professional ones, to solve the many questions that emerge when one tries to tell a good story. Of all the (yes, countless) books on scriptwriting and storytelling and how to do it, this is by far the best one I know of, and frankly the only one I have on my desk when asking questions about the relative qualities and problems of specific plot structures. ![]() Trained at Columbia University by František Daniel, Stefan Sharff and Milos Forman, Yves Lavandier is both author and script doctor, and his book is a brilliant synthesis of this twofold life-long experience. Their job will become easier and I guess also more exciting thanks to the new edition of what is considered the screenwriter’s bible, the one and only that actually deserves this title: Yves Lavandier’s Dramaturgy, a seven hundred (large) page book that revisits the fundamentals of storytelling as defined by Aristotle in his Poetics, and that rethinks, enlarges, deepens, and illustrates them with examples of contemporary narrative from different media (theater, cinema, comics, television, fantasy, etc.). It should therefore not come as a surprise that many colleagues in cultural studies have taken the literary advice business–hovering between vocational training and personal development and many other things in-between or beyond these two extremes–as one of their favorite study topics. ![]() There are countless books on “how to write”, and the number of topics they cover, the types of audiences they cater to, the dreams and ambitions they may help or fail to realize, the styles they use, the tricks of the trade they offer (for free or for sale), the profiles of authors that take the risk of giving advice to future competitors, is even bigger. The sixth edition is chock-full of new examples, the latest practices, and new material on non-traditional screenplay outlets.Yves Lavandier, La Dramaturgie. ![]() Always up-to-date and reliable, it contains everything that both the budding and working screenwriter need under one cover five books in one!Ī Screenwriting Primer that provides a concise course in screenwriting basics Ī Screenwriting Workbook that walks you through the complete writing process, from nascent ideas through final revisions Ī Formatting Guide that thoroughly covers today s correct formats for screenplays and TV scripts Ī Spec Writing Guide that demonstrates today s spec style through sample scenes and analysis, with an emphasis on grabbing the reader s interest in the first ten pages Ī Sales and Marketing Guide that presents proven strategies to help you create a laser-sharp marketing plan.Īmong this book s wealth of practical information are sample query letters, useful worksheets and checklists, hundreds of examples, sample scenes, and straightforward explanations of screenwriting fundamentals. A standard by which other screenwriting books are measured, it has sold over 200,000 copies in its twenty-year life. The 20th anniversary edition of one of the most popular, authoritative, and useful books on screenwriting. ![]()
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