A unique, practical and inspiring guide to storytelling and the process of writing.
An award-winning screenwriter with 25 years of experience gives you a flexible and creative approach for writing features, series, shorts, games, animation, stories and novels.
"Writing For Screens" is organized into over 100 short, useful essays on specific topics so that a writer who's learning, stuck or lost can go directly to the question or challenge they are facing.
It takes on everything from character and dialogue to writer's block, organizing your project, getting lost or stuck and defining success in a changing, chaotic world.
Written in a clear, encouraging style, it's an unexpected mix of detailed technical tips and thought-provoking insights into storytelling, creativity and being an artist.
Glenn Gers draws upon 25 years experience as a screenwriter for Hollywood studios, TV networks and DIY indie films (along with a dozen years before that, struggling to break in as a professional) to create the kind of how-to book he always wanted but could never find.
Unlike most screenwriting books, "Writing For Screens" emphasizes the creative work, and the artist, over the business -- not only because creative mastery is required for that job, but because new technology is creating new possibilities and even new art forms.
No system. No rules. Just a way to work: tools, skills and techniques designed to encourage each artist to make their own path: to do what you can, with what you have, as who you are -- right now.
Based on a series of YouTube video classes with over a half-million views, "Writing For Screens" is honest, original, encouraging and useful.
