Screenwriting Tricks for Authors (and Screenwriters!): STEALING HOLLYWOOD: Story Structure Secrets for Writing Your BEST Book

Book Synopsis: Use the storytelling tricks of your favorite movies to write books and scripts that sell! The Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workbooks, online class and workshops have helped writers of all levels, all over the world — Write better books and scripts - and sell them! Find agents and get publishing deals Launch six-figure indie careers Your favorite books and movies are your best writing teachers. And watching movies, looking for the simple structure pattern that is the basis of ALL movies—and most successful books— is the fastest, easiest way to learn how to do it—and the most fun! Screenwriting is based on a simple and powerful structure that you already know —from watching so many movies and television shows in your lifetime. And it's a structure that your reader or audience unconsciously expects, and that is crucial for you to deliver.

In this workbook based on the internationally acclaimed SCREENWRITING TRICKS FOR AUTHORS workshops, award-winning author/screenwriter Alexandra Sokoloff shows you how to jump-start your plot and bring your characters and scenes vibrantly alive on the page by watching your favorite movies and learning from the storytelling structure and tricks of great filmmakers:

• The High Concept Premise
• The Three-Act, Eight-Sequence Structure
• The Storyboard Grid
• The Index Card Method of Plotting
• The Setpiece Scene
• Techniques of film pacing and suspense, character arc and drive, visual storytelling, and building image systems.

This edition uses an enhanced format and layout, incorporates all the basic information from the first Screenwriting Tricks for Authors workbook, and doubles the material, including ten full story breakdowns.

Also available in PRINT --- the textbook-quality edition is 8 x 10 inches and lies open flat for easy highlighting and note-taking.

REVIEWS:

“Alex Sokoloff's STEALING HOLLYWOOD is the owner's manual that belongs in every writer's toolkit. Alex dissects the elements of story-telling with clarity, wit and wisdom. Don't thank me—buy the damn book!”—Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times bestselling author of Ladies' Night and Summer Rental

“I'd already written fifteen novels by the time I met Alex and discovered her unique approach to structuring fiction. She changed my entire writing process for the better. I couldn't live without my three-act storyboard! Alex is a gifted and generous teacher and author, and STEALING HOLLYWOOD is a must-have book for new and seasoned writers alike.”—International bestselling author Diane Chamberlain

“Sokoloff's advice is spot-on, and her teaching style is direct and effective. A must-have book for authors and screenwriters.”—JA Konrath, bestselling author of A Newbie's Guide To Publishing

“Whether you're an old pro or an apprehensive beginner, Alex Sokoloff offers a sensible nuts-and-bolts approach that puts you in control of your material.”—Margaret Maron, Edgar®, Agatha, Anthony & Macavity Award-winning author of the Deborah Knott mysteries

“A fantastic tool for understanding and applying structure to the messy sandpit of novel-writing.”—International bestselling author Julia Crouch

‘The best book on writing I've ever read. It made me think about story and structure in a whole new way, and it has been invaluable to me ever since I found it.’ Doug Johnstone, bestselling author of Fault Lines, A Dark Matter, The Big Chill

“Sokoloff is a generous mentor with the gifted ability to address a storyteller's practical concerns while encouraging artistic integrity and every author's unique voice. Recommended without reservation.”—Vicki Pettersson, bestselling author of the Sign of the Zodiac series

“There is no one better at story analysis than Sokoloff.” —Steve Cavanagh, international bestselling author of Fifty/Fifty and Thirteen.