Fast, Cheap & Written That Way

Write Your Screenplay with the Help of Top Screenwriters!

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
• Tom DiCillio ("Living In Oblivion") on turning a short into a feature
• Kasi Lemmons ("Eve's Bayou") on writing for a different time period
• George Romero ("Martin") on writing horror on a budget
• Rebecca Miller ("Personal Velocity") on adapting short stories
• Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator") on adaptations
• Academy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan") on cheap ways to make it look expensive
• Miranda July ("Me and You and Everyone We Know") on making your writing spontaneous
• Alex Cox ("Repo Man") on scaling the script to meet a budget
• Joan Micklin Silver ("Hester Street") on writing history on a budget
• Bob Clark ("Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things") on mixing humor and horror
• Amy Holden Jones ("Love Letters") on writing romance on a budget
• Henry Jaglom ("Venice/Venice") on mixing improvisation with scripting
• L.M. Kit Carson ("Paris, Texas") on re-writing while shooting
• Academy-Award Winner Kenneth Lonergan ("You Can Count on Me") on script editing
• Roger Nygard ("Suckers") on mixing genres

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

★★★★★

"A perfect read for anyone who wants to write a film script or for anyone who just enjoys watching movies."-Fred Willard, Actor, A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman

"This volume is packed full of useful little nuggets of information."-Jonathan Lynn, Director, My Cousin Vinny, Clue, Nuns on the Run, The Whole Nine Yards

"Packed with war stories and savvy advice for beginning screenwriters."-Larry Gross, Screenwriter, 48 hrs., Streets of Fire, True Crime