The Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
by Edson, EricFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-01-01
Publisher(s): Ingram Pub Services
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Summary
Eric Edson has developed a new tool for bringing depth and passion to any screenplay - the "23 Steps All Great Heroes Must Take." It's an easy to understand paradigm that provides writers and filmmakers the interconnecting, powerful storytelling elements they need. With true insight, a master teacher of screenwriting pinpoints the story structure reasons most new spec scripts don't sell; then uses scores of examples from popular hit movies to present, step by step, his revolutionary Hero Goal Sequences blueprint for writing blockbuster movies.
Author Biography
Eric Edson has written seventeen feature screenplays on assignment for companies including Sony, Warner Brothers, Disney, and Showtime as well as writing for episodic television. He is Professor of Screenwriting and Director of the Graduate Program in Screenwriting at California State University, Northridge.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. viii |
| Introduction: New Tools for Writing Great Stories | p. ix |
| Laying The Foundation | p. 1 |
| The Screenwriter's Goal | p. 3 |
| How We Feel a Fllm | p. 11 |
| How Change Grips an Audience | p. 25 |
| Conflict Is King | p. 37 |
| Creating Your Characters | p. 51 |
| Elements of Character | p. 53 |
| Dialogue That Shines | p. 91 |
| Building Story Structure | p. 111 |
| Basic Screen Story Structure | p. 113 |
| The Character Growth Arc | p. 139 |
| The Power of Hero Goal Sequences® | p. 151 |
| The 23 Story Links In Every Great Movie | p. 153 |
| Shaping Act One: Hero Goal Sequences® I | |
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