Description: For aspiring and seasoned professional screenwriters alike, Syd Field, "the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world" ("The Hollywood Reporter"), offers the ultimate trouble-shooting guide to screenwriting, expertly illustrating what makes a screenplay work--and what makes it bomb faster than you can say "Action!"
Review Quotes: With examples from Pulp Fiction, How to Make an American Quilt, The Shawshank Redemption, Crimson Tide, Broken Arrow...and more of Hollywood's biggest hits
"The most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world."--The Hollywood Reporter "If I were writing screenplays...I would carry Syd Field around in my back pocket wherever I went."--Steven Bochco, writerproducerdirector, L.A. Law, NYPD Blue "I based Like Water For Chocolate on what i learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story."--Laura Esquivel