Viki King

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days

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In this classic bestselling screenwriting guide—now revised and updated—author and film consultant Viki King helps screenwriters go from blank page to completed manuscript through a series of clever and simple questions, ingenious writing exercises, and easy, effective new skills.
Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in your heart onto the page. This method doesn’t just show how to craft a classic three-act story but also delves into how to clarify the idea you don't quite have yet, how to tell if your idea is really a movie, and how to stop getting ready and start. Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it. This ultimate scriptwriting survival guide also addresses common issues such as: how to pay the rent while paying your dues, what to say to your spouse when you can't come to bed, and how to keep going when you think you can't.
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days, first published in 1987, has been translated in many languages around the world and has become an industry-standard guide for filmmakers both in Hollywood and internationally.
For accomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who have never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.
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179 printed pages
Publication year
2015
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  • polyxenehas quoted3 years ago
    SOME MISCELLANEOUS USES FOR CAPS.

    AD LIB: when the actors fill in the dialogue with incidental lines.

    VOICE OVER (v.o.): when we hear narration over the action.

    OFFSCREEN (o.s.): when we hear the character speak but he is offscreen, such as calling out from the other room.

    BEGIN TITLES: when the main credits start.

    END TITLES: when the main credits finish.

    FREEZE FRAME: which is at left margin and punctuated with a period.

    TITLES OF SONGS AND BOOKS
  • polyxenehas quoted4 years ago
    But this is not so. Structure is Character

    Your character is your story. The events in your screenplay are going to happen as a result of who your character is. Your character invents his own reality, therefore any circumstances that befall him are circumstances he brought to himself as a result of how he views the world. So all the events in your movie are going to be external circumstances that manifest what is going on inside your character.
  • polyxenehas quoted4 years ago
    Our minds think structure is a scaffolding that our character climbs around in.

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