Q&A: Know any good books on how to write scripts and/or plays?
Question by phantomchick: Know any good books on how to write scripts and/or plays?
I’ve had this idea in my head for a play, but I usually only write short stories. Any help would be appreciated! I’m already a pretty good writer, I just need help putting my ideas in a script!
Best answer:
Answer by meat
Read the Screenwriter’s Bible by David Trottier.
Read screenplays. Lots of screenplays. You can do this here;
www.script-o-rama.com
www.simplyscripts.com
www.imsdb.com
Learn the Monomyth. You can do this by reading The Writers Journey by Chris Vogler, Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, and the legendary memo by Vogler that explained the Monomyth in the simplest of terms. You can read the memo here:
www.skepticfiles.org/atheist2/hero.htm
That’s all you need.
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