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Paperback Writing the Second ACT: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Script Book

ISBN: 0941188299

ISBN13: 9780941188296

Writing the Second ACT: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Script

Every screenplay needs an attention-grabbing beginning and a satisfying ending, but those elements are nothing withour a strong, well-crafted middle.

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Rated 5 stars
Lock down your fiction-screenplay

I bought this to write a screenplay for my book, but it helped get my creative juices flowing for my novels. Where my middle was floppy, it's now tight and tense, where my characters were lethargic, they are as animated as one might be after a lengthy stint at Starbucks. In short: it's a MUST!

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5 stars for Writing the Second Act

Michael Halperin has written an important and relevant book in Writing the Second Act. He stresses the importance of building strong stories and characters in your scripts, and specifically shows how to build dramatic conflicts and tensions in your own scripts. There are numerous samples in every genre, using classic and current screenplays. Dr. Halperin not only covers the second act of your screenplay, he also incorporates...

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Indispensable for the novice writer of plays or film scripts

Writing The Second Act: Building Conflict And Tension In Your Film Script focuses on the need for something truly effective between an attention-grabbing beginning and a satisfying ending. The middle section of any story represents the most critical and difficult section of a scripted story. That's where Michael Halperin's expertise, experience, and advice will prove indispensable for the novice writer of plays or film scripts...

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Pulling It Together

WRITING THE SECOND ACT by Michael Halperin is one of the most important books available for a screenwriter. Whether you are a beginner, plotting out the structure of your first script or an experienced writer, tackling a difficult re-write, Mr. Halperin's book helps pull it all together. An analogy of his book is that of a speeding train with fiery boilers. The engine speeds forward pulling the rest of the cars with it...

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An Amazing Second Act

Michael Halperin's second work on screenwriting is a welcome event. No screenplay writer, director, film executive or college instructor should miss the opportunity to study this remarkable book on the most crucial element of film structure. His insights and deep knowledge of the subject illuminates this most dreaded part of screenwriting: the second act. I can't think of another book published in the past decade that deals...

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