Fast, Cheap & Written That Way

Summary

It’s like taking a Master Class in screenwriting … all in one book!

Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.

"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."—Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond

The book covers (among other topics):

• Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman (“Capote”) on writing real stories


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  Tom DiCillio (“Living In Oblivion”) on turning a short into a feature


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  Kasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou”) on writing for a different time period


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  George Romero (“Martin”) on writing horror on a budget


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  Rebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity”) on adapting short stories


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  Stuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) on adaptations


• Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan”) on cheap ways to make it look expensive


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  Miranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) on making your writing spontaneous


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  Alex Cox (“Repo Man”) on scaling the script to meet a budget


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  Joan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) on writing history on a budget


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  Bob Clark (“Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”) on mixing humor and horror


• And more!

This is the book for anyone who’s serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!