- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Authorhouse (November 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1403387524
- ISBN-13: 978-1403387523
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 204 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #636,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Hollywood screenwriters have a unique style of telling stories. The stories are big, muscular, fast paced, with in-your-face characters, and big emotions...
A WRITERS ROADMAP is a simple, but detailed instruction guide for the novice to learn to write a Hollywood style screenplay. Wendell Wellman has a made a career of writing big action movies. Firefox starring Clint Eastwood was his first big credit. Mr. Wellman ended up collaborating with Clint Eastwood three times, including acting in a feature role in Sudden Impact.
Over the years Mr. Wellman began to develop his own system for building a screenplay from the first section to the last. In talking about writing over the years, Mr. Wellman discovered that secretaries, lawyers, grade school teachers, costumers, and most other people had a desire to write. They consequently would take many classes, read books and still not understand how to build the story. Mr. Wellman began breaking down a story into small sections, citing movie after movie that would be using similar sections.
This is a technique that began to excite the non-writers, the secretaries, and the school teachers, as well as the pros. They began to look at movies differently, spotting the sections over and over, beginning to devise for themselves their own ideas on how to attack the sections. Invariably, they began to write. Mr. Wellman never abandons his step-by-step technique. He uses it to constantly monitor his own work. A WRITERS ROADMAP is deliberately short, and deliberately easy to read.
Mr. Wellman writes in a simple, brutally honest humorous style. The book is filled with anecdotes about Hollywood, since Mr. Wellman is a working actor as well. The book is meant to be read in two to three hours. It is strictly a how-to book for all writers but most specifically for screenwriters, and Mr. Wellman then hopes that the reader will go out and write. And perhaps what they write will be one of the next big feature action movies to be acquired and produced….
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Educational & Informative!,
By "elliotsimmons" (Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Writer's Roadmap (Paperback)
I found this book to be unique. Educational and Informative. It was easy to relate to with the writer using terms, phrases and easy to understand instructions. Even someone like myself (a little slow at times) had no problem keeping up and understanding where the author was coming from. A Writer's Roadmap was a huge help to me. And if you are into creative writing then I know you will find this book a great help to you too.
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You Just Have To Read This Book!!!,
By "chadmalone" (Down Under) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Writer's Roadmap (Paperback)
If you want the real scoop on SCREEN WRITING then this is definately the book for you! Author Wellman shares his own personal experiences as a scrren writer as well as tips on how to write for the big screen or as far as that goes he gives great advice on how to write period...novel or other wise. A WRITER'S ROADMAP is a must read book as far as I'm concerned...a struggling writer!
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True to its genre!,
By "hermanthomas" (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Writer's Roadmap (Paperback)
This is the first book written on this topic that I found to be TRUE to its genre! Your fact finding mission is over, look no farther. All your questions will be answered in this helpful book. I hope this writer has more books such as "A WRITER'S ROADMAP" planned in the near future!
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