Sunday 13 March 2011

That Damned Bibliography

Works Cited

"Basic Screenplay Glossary: A Look at Screenwriting Terms and Screenplay Formatting." Find Health, Education, Science & Technology Articles, Reviews, How-To and Tech Tips At Bright Hub - Apply To Be A Writer Today! Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

"Developing Memorable Characters:: 45 Questions to Create Backstories - StumbleUpon." StumbleUpon.com: Discover the Best of the Web. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

"Don’t Let These Problems Ruin Your Screenplay — Kris Cramer." Kris Cramer – Author & Screenwriter. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. . Finally, a well-known writer telling me not to include directions. Among other valuable tips.
Drew's Script-O-Rama: Free Movie Scripts and Screenplays, Baby! Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

Field, Syd. Screenplay: the Foundations of Screenwriting. New York, NY: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2005. Print.

Hoffman, Gordy. "Screenwriting Help - Writing The Classic Movie Ending (How To Finish Your Screenplay!)." BlueCat Screenwriting Competition. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

"How Do You Protect Your Work? Screenplay Copyrights and WGA Registration." SellingYourScreenplay.com — Practical Tips and Advice about How to Sell Your Screenplay. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

"How to Format a Screenplay." Script Frenzy. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. . A lot of good technical info to remember to be an expert on format.

"How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a Nutshell)." SellingYourScreenplay.com — Practical Tips and Advice about How to Sell Your Screenplay. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

King, Stephen. On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft. New York: Scribner, 2000. Print.

McKee, Robert. Story : GD to Screenwriting. ReganBooks, 1997. Print.

"News: Quick Tips for Improving Your Writing - StumbleUpon." StumbleUpon.com: Discover the Best of the Web. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

"SoYouWanna Write a Screenplay?" SoYouWanna.com | Learn What You Wanna Do. Web. 13 Mar. 2011. .

OK. In truth, this was a good exercise. I know I'm late again, but I really struggle for time to do this during the week. I should even still have some of these books at my parent's house. Syd Field, Robert McKee, and Kris Cramer will be my most important sources. I haven't actually read anything from Steven King, but I've been told that his book is inspirational, and no one can say that he's not a great writer to learn something from. The script database will be great, too, and I know its not the only one.

2 comments:

  1. Every work that helps you, helps you. The more help, the better. Great title for your post by the way. Perhaps you should write a screenplay, "That Damn Bibliography."

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  2. Ben,
    this feels like a good step. Now the annotation part, where you note ideas from the texts that will be helpful to you. Not annotation to announce to us that you've annotated, but whatever annotation you feel will be helpful in the future.

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