39 Steps to Better Screenwriting. Paul Chitlik

      For my grandmothers,

      Sarah and Fannie,

      who made it possible for me to become a writer.

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      Copyright 2014 by Paul Chitlik

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      Table of Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Step 1

       In The Beginning

       Step 2

       Eight Things to Remember When Writing Science Fiction

       Step 3

       An End, A Beginning, And A Middle

       Step 4

       “An Original Screenplay By”

       Step 5

       Writing (Not Overwriting) Descriptions We Can “See”

       Step 6

       Balance

       Step 7

       Conflict and Scene Construction

       Step 8

       Details

       Step 9

       Dueling Protagonists, Dueling Stories

       Step 10

       Get Off the Phone!

       Step 11

       How Crazy Was Comic-Con?

       Step 12

       Why Hurt Locker Didn’t Click With Audiences And Why It Was Still A Good Film

       Step 13

       Lena Dunham, I Blame You

       Step 14

       The Midpoint

       Step 15

       Negotiating Your Characters

       Step 16

       Three Stories, One Script: Making Them Work in the Rewrite.

       Step 17

       Shining A Light On Quirky

       Step 18

       Some Tech Things You Should Know

       Step 19

       Story, Story, Story

       Step 20

       The Antagonist As a Good Guy

       Step 21

       The Collaborative Art

       Step 22

       The Frame in Spain Stays Mainly on the Plain

       Step 23

       The Importance Of Convention

       Step 24

       The Imposter Syndrome

       Step 25

       The Key To Writing Is Writing

       Step