No book can find your ideas for you, but this one provides a great service in helping you discover and develop a story, and to come up with the completed script. King helps you learn to think cinematically, in the language of the movies, and to keep asking the essential questions as they work: What's the story? Who is the story about? Do you care about the characters? Does anyone? King also tries to help you survive not just the structural pitfalls that can derail a script, but also the mental or emotional whirlpools that can prevent any artist from finishing a project.
takes the aspiring screenwriter the shortest distance from blank page to complete script.
Viki King's Inner Movie Method is a specific step-by-step process designed to get the story in the writer's onto the page. This method guides the would-be screenwriter through the writing of a movie. It answers such questions as:
Once you know what to write, the Inner Movie Method will show you how to write it. It also addresses such issues as:
For accomplished screenwriters honing their craft, as well as those who never before brought their ideas to paper, How to Write a Movie in 21 Days is an indispensable guide. And Viki King's upbeat, friendly style is like having a first-rate writing partner every step of the way.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Follow this book, don't just read it., October 5, 2008
By
S. Harrison (Exmouth, UK)
I bought this book from Amazon in July. I have made 2 feature length films before, but these were mostly improvised (Horror! - Gold Edition and Capitalism - The Movie, both available on DVD at Amazon). I fancied actually writing a movie before filming started!
As the book recommends, please actually write as you read.
Step by step, this book leads you, suprises you. By the end of 21 days you will be exhausted. And you will have a full length screenplay.
This is really the start, not the end. You will send your scripts to friends, who will suggest improvements. But the hard work has been done.
Very recommended. The writing style is fun and inspiring.
(My own 21 day screenplay is "Future Moocher", currently in rewrites)
You CAN write a movie in 21 days!, September 13, 2008
By
Joseph Batton (Los Angeles)
I tried to write a screenplay 10 years before I actually wrote one! This easy to follow, insightful and clever book both showed me how to begin and most importantly FINISH a screenplay! I've written 5 of them and have come very close to selling one! King is the Queen of script crafting. If you only READ ONE book on screenplays, I STRONGLY recommend this gem!The Green Room
So far it's a wonderful book!, August 19, 2008
By
Alexander BratterI am almost finished with this book, and so far it has been amazing! All of the information has been really helpful when it comes to actually starting and getting a script written. And the author knows exactly what a person reading that book is going through. It feels like the author had interviewed me for an hour about writing and my plans for my script before writing this book and giving it to me. Very great book! I recommend it to anyone who wants to get into screenplay writing.
Best Resource I've ever used for scripts and even short stories. Ever!!, April 8, 2008
By
Paul Fahey (Nipomo, CA)
I've read many writing books and this is one that works for any type of writing. With this book, you can write a script or at least a decent rough draft in 21 days. I took a month and was able to do two drafts. One by hand and the other when I transferred the draft to computer. The author's warm and encouraging voice along with the way she breaks the task of writing a longer work are extremely helpful and motivating. I'd recommend this excellent, easy to read text to any of my writer friends and plan to use it in any workshop I give related to writing a script, novel or even a longer short story. The system she provides really works and has lots of application to any genre.
Terrific doesn't cover it.
Practical and motivating, January 15, 2008
By
jade22192 (Woodbridge, VA U.S.A.)
The book does a good job of going over the common blocks to finishing a screenplay and how to overcome them. I love the writing prompts.
I was not able to write a screenplay in 21 days, and the reason is that I did not follow her prompts time line or her suggestion to keep to a random draft (instead of putting all the details and craftmanship later on). However, I did get through the first act and should be done with my random draft soon.
This is a motivating book with lots of useful information. Just be sure to do everything else to help yourself finish what you start: join a screenwriter's group, read screenplays in the genre you are attempting to write, watch movies, go to theater, listen to music, go to the art gallery, exercise, etc.)
Break a leg:)
