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Learn the rules of scriptwriting, and then how to successfully break them!Unlike other screenwriting books, this unique guide pushes you to challenge yourself and break free of tired, formulaic writingbending or breaking the rules of storytelling as we know them. Like the bestselling previous editions, seasoned authors Dancyger and Rush explore alternative approaches to the traditional threeact story structure, going beyond teaching you 'how to tell a story' by teaching you how to write against conventional formulas to produce original, exciting material. The pages are filled with an international range of contemporary and classic cinema examples to inspire and instruct.New to this edition:New chapter on the newly popular genres of feature documentary, longform television serials, nonlinear stories, satire, fable, and docudramaNew chapter on multiplethreaded long form, serial television scriptsNew chapter on genre and a new chapter on how genres very form is flexible to a narrativeNew chapter on character developmentNew case studies, including an indepth case study of the dark side of the fable, focusing on The Wizard of Oz and Pans Labyrinth
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