Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies

Written by John Gaspard

Narrated by Jim Cunningham, Andy Morantz, Ash Steel and 6 more

It’s like taking a Master Class in screenwriting … all in one book!

Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.

"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."—Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond

The book covers (among other topics):

• Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman (“Capote”) on writing real stories
• Tom DiCillio (“Living In Oblivion”) on turning a short into a feature
• Kasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou”) on writing for a different time period
• George Romero (“Martin”) on writing horror on a budget
• Rebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity”) on adapting short stories
• Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) on adaptations
• Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan”) on cheap ways to make it look expensive
• Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) on making your writing spontaneous
• Alex Cox (“Repo Man”) on scaling the script to meet a budget
• Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) on writing history on a budget
• Bob Clark (“Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”) on mixing humor and horror
• And more!

This is the book for anyone who’s serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert's Bridge Books
• Release date: Nov 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664966758

John Gaspard

John is author of the Eli Marks mystery series as well as three other stand-alone novels, "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles," The Sword & Mr. Stone" and "The Ripperologists."He also writes the Como Lake Players mystery series, under the pen name Bobbie Raymond.In real life, John's not a magician, but he has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less - that's no small trick. He's also written multiple books on the subject of low-budget filmmaking. Ironically, they've made more than the films.Those books ("Fast, Cheap and Under Control" and "Fast, Cheap and Written That Way") are available in eBook, Paperback and audiobook formats.John lives in Minnesota and shares his home with his lovely wife, several dogs, a few cats and a handful of pet allergies.