Screenwriting Book - The Hollywood Standard

Screenwriting Book - The Hollywood Standard
By: Christopher Riley
2nd Edition
Michael Wiese Productions
2009

The Hollywood Standard is a book that offers very little advice on content. It is a book solely dedicated to being your know everything book on the proper way to writer for a feature film and TV series. It really is a writer's aid, especially for those like me who sometimes struggle with things like this. It can be difficult to remember the ins and outs of screen writing and having a book next to you that you can go to the index, find your problem and solve it the and there is a valuable tool. 

“The advantages of breaking large passages of direction into smaller paragraphs are that it makes the text more readable, increases the reader’s sense of pace and creates white space that helps the page look less dense and imposing.” 

What this book taught me:-

It taught me exactly what it was supposed to. It taught me how to properly format and write a script to the professional standard. It helped me to understand amateur mistakes that I was making as well as ones I know I would have made. It made me realise the gap between the knowledge of a professional and an enthusiast or beginner and how it affects your chances of getting a script read and how professional you look and look to others.

“Strive always for clarity, and never leave the readers confused.”

Should you buy it?
Absolutely. This book is without question one of the most valuable screenwriting tools you will ever have. It combines professional convention with long term experience. It is about as close you are going to get to being tutored by an actual screen writer on how to write.


“Every page of a set of revised pages bears a revision slug on the top of the page, on the same line as the page number, that includes the title (in all capital letters) and date of the revisions.”

Link to buy: (Copy&Paste)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hollywood-Standard-2nd-Complete-Authoritative/dp/1932907637/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421164960&sr=8-1&keywords=hollywood+standard