PRAISE FOR SCREENWRITING TIPS, YOU HACK:

There's something fundamentally Promethean about this book. Xander has delivered fire from the mount in dangerously usable form. It will light the way safely for screenwriting newbies and seasoned veterans alike.

—Franklin Leonard, Founder and CEO, the Black List

More than just hundreds of practical tips to improve your screenwriting, Screenwriting Tips, You Hack gives you priceless insight into the mind of Hollywood's gatekeeper: the script reader. You would be wise to heed these words!

—Scott Myers, Writer (K-9), host of GoIntoTheStory.com

Xander Bennett—a guy who clearly knows his way around the trenches of Hollywood—explains screenwriting in an incredibly helpful way. A masterful work, his book makes me want to dive back into the script I'm working on because I now have powerful new arrows in my writing quiver.

—William M. Akers, author of Your Screenplay Sucks!

Xander Bennett provides the kind of writing advice that tickles my black, ugly heart: it is equal parts hilarious and practical, punching you in the throat with a fistful of poignant screenwriting advice. This is one to keep next to your computer as you write.

—Chuck Wendig, author of Blackbirds, dispenser of writing advice at Terribleminds.com

Xander Bennett has succeeded where many before him have failed (looking at you, Aristotle), managing to condense centuries of storytelling wisdom into clear, insightful, tweet-sized chunks of brilliance. A great primer for hacks of all stripes, and anyone in the business of telling better stories.

—Matt Mason, author of The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture is Reinventing Capitalism

This is one of the best books on screenwriting I've ever read, and I wouldn't change a thing. It's well-written, easy to read, brimming with insightful advice, conversational and very funny.

—Eve Honthaner, author of The Complete Film Production Handbook and HOLLYWOOD DRIVE: What it Takes to Break in, Hang in & Make it in the Entertainment Industry

I'm in love with this format—bite-sized tips for our bite-sized culture. Each tip had me frothing at the mouth to open up a current project and put it into practice.

—Jeffrey P. Nesker, filmmaker, www.ocularnutrition.ca

A masterful work, his book makes me want to dive back into the script I'm working on because I now have powerful new arrows in my writing quiver.

—William M. Akers, author of Your Screenplay Sucks!