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Writing the Great American Screenplay
Written by Richard Walter and William Froug
Narrated by Richard Walter and William Froug
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Writers once dreamed of writing novels. Now screenplays top the dream list. Hear two top teachers explain the sometimes ungentle art of writing salable movie and television scripts. This collection contains live recordings of two 90-minute workshops on screenwriting: 1) "Screenwriting: How To Move Your Tale" by Richard Walter, and 2) "Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade: The Workshop" by William Froug.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Outdated garbage and a waste of credit. Hollywood thankfully no longer follows screenplay formulas like this. It patronizes the audience and assumes that they ALL want to watch one brand of film. The structure of the scripts for some of the most successful films these days are in fact the opposite of what Walter puts forth here (just look at the past few Oscar winners for best original screenplay and best picture). Also, I don't see how anyone could enjoy listening to this guy talk. He's incredibly smug and goes off on too many tangents.
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The best part was the part with the point of action. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was great to hear the voice of William Froug, author of Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade, The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter, and Zen and the Art of Screenwriting 1 & 2, paired with Richard Walter — who wrote the first screenplay book that I ever read, Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing. I would listen to the recording again.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Terrible talk. Kept on going around in circles but didn’t get to say anything useful.