Writing Book Reviews
Page Two of Two1999-2000 Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers Directory and Screewriter's Agents by Skip Press
Prima Publishing, November 1998.Trade Paperback, 454 pages.
ISBN: 0761514848
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This invaluable screenwriter's resource provides
information about agents, producers,
websites and other screenwriting
resources. Author and screenwriter Skip Press goes into detail
for each of the agent and producer listings,
giving important information that
screenwriters must have in order to be successful. The book is divided
into three sections. Section one contains
articles and advice from the author on subjects including
screenwriting websites,
Indie films, screenwriting software,
screenwriting books,
screenwriting courses and the
Writer's Guild of America.
The second section contains the listings
of screenwriter's agents. Each listing
includes contact information, including
email and web addresses, as a well as
an in-depth overview of the agency
or agent including how they conduct
business, their track record and helpful
tips. The third section provides the
producer and director listings which include email addresses,
websites, the staff and its titles and
a detailed overview of the company.
Skip Press has created an excellent resource aide for screenwriters which is full of inside information on the movie business, practical advice and up-to-date contact information. The book also acts as a screenwriter's web guide with website reviews and web addresses for agents, directors and producers. Beginning and professional screenwriters alike should own a copy of this information-packed screenwriting reference and keep it next to their computer.
You Can Write a Novel by James V. Smith, Jr.
Writer's Digest Books, September 1998.Trade Paperback, 138 pages.
ISBN: 089879868X
Ordering information:
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This unique novel writing aide provides practical
advice combined with special tools to help the
budding novelist create his or her novel in a logical and
organized manner. The book is divided into several
sections: finding a salable idea, inventing the first
critical pieces, building a framework, write your
novel, revise your novel to bestseller standards and
prepare your novel for submission. In addition to
tips, advice on the essentials and instruction the
book also includes several features to ensure you have a
properly working novel. The features include:
a system to determine whether your idea can
become a successful novel, The Writer's Toolkit:
a collection of folders, pens, index cards and
other equipment with an explanation of how to
use them to develop your characters and plots,
a checklist for picking character's names, the
40 cardinal rules of writing, methods for
increasing the pace of your novel and the GAP
method: a method where you shorten each
chapter by one page to improve the overall
writing of your novel.
You Can Write a Novel is a remarkable collection of novel writing advice and techniques. This reference bokk will give beginning novelists the skills and confidence they need to begin and finish their first novel.
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