Short Films: Writing the Screenplay

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Every award-winning short film begins its life with a clever idea, a good story and a screenplay. Patrick Nash here analyses the process of writing short film screenplays and gives advice on story and structure, idea generation, plot and pace, screenplay format, character motivation and goals, cliches and stereotypes, hooking the viewer, rewriting and much more. The book also includes a number of award-winning scripts and interviews, advice and contributions from award-winning screenwriters and a discussion of the benefits to writing a short screenplay.

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I would definitely recommend this book . . . (it is) a very thorough look at all aspects of being a writer of short scripts -- Michelle Goode * Writesofluid *
Straight talking tome bursting with practical advice * Total Film *
A helpful book for anyone interested in screenwriting -- Tom Farr * Tom Farr Reviews *

Author Bio

Patrick Nash is an award-winning writer of both short and feature length screenplays. An award winner in Hollywood's Page Awards, runner up in the British Short Screenplay Competition and BBC's Tony Doyle Awards among others; he has worked on short films and short film selection panels and juries with the Oscar accredited Foyle Film Festival - the UK's only Academy accredited film festival.