Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made
- ISBN-10
- 0805069925
- ISBN-13
- 9780805069921
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-10-08
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Alex Epstein
Description
Provides advice for aspiring screenwriters on how to write scripts that will be accepted, not rejected, by Hollywood executives.
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