The Story Solution 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take [Paperback]

Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay - the 23 Steps All Great Heroes Must Take. It's an easy to understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need. With true insight, a master teacher of screenwriting pinpoints the story structure reasons most new spec scripts don't sell; then uses scores of examples from popular hit movies to present, step by step, his revolutionary Hero Goal Sequences blueprint for writing blockbuster movies.Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay - the 23 Steps All Great Heroes Must Take. It's an easy to understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need. With true insight, a master teacher of screenwriting pinpoints the story structure reasons most new spec scripts don't sell; then uses scores of examples from popular hit movies to present, step by step, his revolutionary Hero Goal Sequences blueprint for writing blockbuster movies.Eric Edson has written seventeen feature screenplays on assignment for such companies as Sony, Warner Brothers, Disney, 20th Century-Fox, ABC Motion Pictures, Lifetime, Showtime, NBC, ABC, TNT, Skouras Pictures, Gaylord Productions, Geffen Pictures, and Saban Entertainment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: New tools for writing great scripts            

 

Part One: Laying the Foundation

1.   The Screenwriter’s Goal

2.   How We Feel a Movie

3.   How Change Grips an Audience

4.   Conflict is King

 

Part Two: Creating Your Characters

5.   Elements of Character

6.   Dialogue that Shines

 

Part Three: Building Story Structure

7. Basic Screen Story Structure

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