Vault Inc., January 2005. — 124 pages. — ISBN: 978-1-58131-370-3There is probably no profession more difficult to break into, and stay in, than that of a professional screenwriter. The jobs are few and far between, and you are always hopping from one to another with little - if any - assurance of stability. But if you have decided that this is the profession for you, that you have always wanted to be a voice in the world of film, then you owe it to yourself to take a pragmatic, almost scientific approach to what makes the wheels of the industry turn. This Vault guide brings you inside advice on the profession of screenwriting - taking a look at entry points into the profession, formal training programs that feed into the industry and more.Table of ContentsIntroduction
The Scoop
Screenwriting Basics: Format
Screenwriting Basics: The Idea
Screenwriting Basics: Character
Screenwriting Basics: Structure
Screenwriting Basics: Dialogue and Scene
Getting Hired
Film Schools/Formal Screenwriting Programs
Alternate Strategies for Getting In
On the Job
Agents for Screenwriters
Managers, Attorneys, and the Writer's Guild
Producers and Studios
Final Analysis
About the Author
