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by Brian Price
Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting
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Copyright
Dedication
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE: SOME OBLIGATORY BACKSTORY
SECTION I A Prologue
Chapter 1 Introduction: What You Hold in Your Hand
Chapter 2 Aristotle’s Poetics: It’s All Greek to Me
Chapter 3 Motivating Factors: Why We Tell Stories
Chapter 4 Starting the Journey: Defining the Road Ahead
SECTION II A Beginning
Chapter 5 Story: And I’m Sticking to It
Chapter 6 Ideas: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Chapter 7 Conflict: People Who Write Should Throw Stones
Chapter 8 Wholeness: We Need Some Closure
Chapter 9 Magnitude: It All Boils Down to One Thing
Chapter 10 Loglines: Putting It All Together (Part 1)
SECTION III A Middle
Chapter 11 Plot: Let’s Stay Connected
Chapter 12 Reversals and Recognitions: Pieces of the Action
Chapter 13 Change of Fortune: Covenant of the Arc
Chapter 14 Fatal Flaw: And the Plot Thickens
Chapter 15 Structure: The Shape of Things to Come
Chapter 16 The Three Acts: Let’s Break It Down
Chapter 17 Anchor Points: A Pattern of Design
Chapter 18 Character: The Agents of the Action
Chapter 19 Defining Traits: What’s Good and Appropriate
Chapter 20 The 5 Ps: They Help Build Character
Chapter 21 Motivating Behavior: Goooooaaal!!
Chapter 22 Structure Revisited: Filling in the Gaps
Chapter 23 Set-Up: Stepping Stones of Act One
Chapter 24 Complications: Stepping Stones of Act Two
Chapter 25 Resolution: Stepping Stones of Act Three
Chapter 26 Stepping Stones: Building the Great Pyramids
Chapter 27 Beat Sheets: Putting It All Together (Part 2)
SECTION IV An End
Chapter 28 Scenes: The Building Blocks
Chapter 29 Description: What You See Is What You Get
Chapter 30 Dialogue: What You Say Is What You Get
Chapter 31 Dialogue Continued: Still More Left to Say
Chapter 32 Formatting: Ah, the Lovely White Space
Chapter 33 Pages: Putting It All Together (Part 3)
Chapter 34 First Draft: And You’re Finally Done
SECTION V A Resolution
Chapter 35 Rewriting: Ha! You Thought You Were Done
Chapter 36 Theme: What’s It All About, Ari?
Chapter 37 Conclusion: Bringing It All Back Home
APPENDICES
Aristotle’s Guiding Precepts
Assignments
Recommended Reading
Recommended Movies
Attributions
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
INDEX
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