Screenwriter's Problem Solver

The definitive guide to identifying and fixing common screenwriting problems from the most sought-after screenwriter teacher in the world (Hollywood Reporter)
 
If I were writing screenplays . . . I would carry Syd Field around in my back pocket. Steven Bochco, writer/producer/director, L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues
 
All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow and didn t get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. 
 
Bestselling author Syd Field, who worked on over 1,000 screenplays a year, gives you step-by-step instructions on how to make your screenplay shine. With The Screenwriter s Problem Solver, you ll learn how to:

Understand what makes great stories work
Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models
Use a dream assignment to let your creative self break free overnight
Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does
Recover when you hit the wall and overcome writer s block forever
 
Field provides the professional secrets that make movies brilliant secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success . . . or even Cannes.