Becoming a Screenwriter
March 14th 2008 14:20
Richard Krevolin’s second book How to Adapt Anything Into a Screenplay is exactly what the title brings forth to the reader. Krevolin draws on his own experiences as a screenwriter where he clearly presents the nuts-and-bolts approach to his five-step adaptation process that he teaches to his students at UCLA and USC.
Be forewarned for those who have studied the basics of screenwriting. Krevolin does rehash old screenwriting disciplines. Once I got through the old stuff and onto Krevolin’s five-step adaptation process, I felt I was learning something new.
For beginner screenwriters, Krevolin’s book is an excellent source on how to structure a screenplay by using his process for any idea even if it is not an adaptation.
Krevolin’s book reminded me, once again, how hard I have to work at my craft to make a screenplay worth optioning and/or producing. His process does not make the adaptation easier but it makes you work at and work at it hard, so you have a professional product.
There is a chapter on legal matters about obtaining rights from an individual’s work or life, which I found very helpful and will refer to whenever the need arises. Extra perks are samples of legal letters and memos for solidifying an agreement between the originator and the screenwriter.
Be forewarned for those who have studied the basics of screenwriting. Krevolin does rehash old screenwriting disciplines. Once I got through the old stuff and onto Krevolin’s five-step adaptation process, I felt I was learning something new.
For beginner screenwriters, Krevolin’s book is an excellent source on how to structure a screenplay by using his process for any idea even if it is not an adaptation.
Krevolin’s book reminded me, once again, how hard I have to work at my craft to make a screenplay worth optioning and/or producing. His process does not make the adaptation easier but it makes you work at and work at it hard, so you have a professional product.
There is a chapter on legal matters about obtaining rights from an individual’s work or life, which I found very helpful and will refer to whenever the need arises. Extra perks are samples of legal letters and memos for solidifying an agreement between the originator and the screenwriter.
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