Description: Product Description : The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction Most screenwriting books tend to focus on story structure scene writing navigating the business and other parts of the craft that come AFTER the initial choice of the central concept for a storyMultiple Emmy and Golden Globewinning writerproducer Erik Bork HBOs Band of Brothers takes a different approach His experience in the industry and as a screenwriting professor and coach have led him to recognize that its the selection of the initial idea that is the most important part of the process with the most impact on the projects chance of successAnd as Mr Bork knows from experience this choice takes a lot more understanding and work to get right than it might seemMost screenwriters and fiction writers have difficulty getting their work read and accepted by agents editors and producers mainly because their idea for a story presented in a query or pitch doesnt excite these gatekeepers like it would need to for them to want to engage And when they do read the whole story their core reasons for passing are usually also about the basic idea although lack of professionallevel execution matters too But writers are usually in the dark about this not realizing that the project they spent months or years on had fundamental flaws on a concept level in the eyes of the people they most hoped to impress with itBut even the best fiction writing books and screenwriting experts tend to move quickly past the crucial step of choosing a viable idea to get to the specific plotting and composition of it because there is so much to master in those later parts of the process which feel a lot more like writing than developing and mulling over potential story conceptsProfessionals though tend to understand the primacy of the idea and learn that there are certain key elements in story or series premises that really work and which are worth investing time and energy in And thats what The Idea focuses on laying out what those specific elements are and how to master themWhile its concepts originate from the authors screenwriting experiences they apply equally to commercial fiction writing playwriting and other forms of story because the focus is on what makes an underlying concept compelling enough to appeal to a substantial audience or readershipThe Seven Elements of a Viable Story in The Idea form an acronym for the word PROBLEM since every story is really about one at its coreEach chapter focuses on one of these seven deceptively simplelooking aspects of a strong story which are anything but easy to master Mr Bork highlights his own struggles as a writer and his arrival at an understanding of how each of these elements works and how to know if ones idea really succeeds at each of them A special section devoted to television writing and its unique attributes ends each chapterWhatever your education and background in writing or story this book and its unique focus contributes foundationally useful information not covered elsewhere which may be the missing piece that leads to greater results both on the page and in the marketplace( it is an used product )
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Brand: Overfall Presss
UPC: 9781732753013
MPN: Illustrations; Illustrations, black and
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Author: Bork, Erik
Language: english
Publisher: Overfall Presss
Country of Origin: USA United States
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Dimensions LxWxH - Cms: 5X0.51X8
ISBN-10: 1732753016
ISBN-13: 9781732753013
SKU: SONG1732753016
No. of Pages: 226
Book Title: The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage
Publication Year: 2018
Item Length: 5
Item Width: 0.51
Item Height: 8
Item Weight: 0.5
Type: Books