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Don't wander around lost in
your script, get directions!
The Writer's Road Map
Series guides you along the
literary highway. Just
follow the road signs and
exercises, and soon you will
have completed a
professional script(s) that
will be your calling card to
Hollywood!

So how do you turn your great idea or screenplay into a saleable script that will have
Hollywood executives fighting over it? Find out Hollywood's dynamic film formula! Learn how
to create interesting themes, premises, central ideas, and central questions for your scripts.
Examine major plot points of 3-Act structure. Using a screenplay road map (outline) and story
signposts, learn to create forceful plots. Unlike other writing books which only examine the
two major movements of Act 2, this book examines all 4 major movements. The basic hero and
villain types, and the importance of the character trinity are also discussed. Master writing
oblique scenes and compelling dialogue by using scene signposts and dialogue devices. For
those important rewrites, this book includes checklists for structure, character, and dialogue.
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This series uses a fun road
construction analogy to
explain the writing
fundamentals of film, TV,
and animation. It is
appopriate for students and
adults and for all writers
aspiring to hone their craft.
Each book has been rated
4-5 stars by satisfied
customers and students.

What do animation executives look for? Create saleable animation concepts,
cartoon bibles, and funny characters. Examine the 7 cartoon genres,8 basic hero
and villain types, and the character trinity. Want to create dynamic springboards
and funny cartoon plots? This book examines graphing, intro to plot, central
story idea, the moral, and central question. Discover how to plot 22-minute,
11-minute, and 7-minute cartoons and/or animated sitcoms. Master writing
oblique scenes and funny prose. Discover 25 comedy gimmicks to enrich your
script's humor. Learn to create witty springboards to make your pitch more
enticing. Also revealed, the step by step animation writing process (story editors,
premises, treatments, and beat outlines) and art of pitching. Checklists for
structure, characters, scenes, dialogue, humor,prose and broadcast guidelines
are also included. Reg. $24.95 U.S. plus S&H. Discounted prices found at "Order
Now" link - just typein Marilyn Webber at the search site key.

Discover how to execute your story idea for an original pilot or existing series into a
saleable script and series treatment that will be your calling card! Using series road flags,
learn to create original hooks, universal appeal, and dynamic loglines to make your pitches
more high-concept. Examine 14 popular TV genres, basic TV character types, character tags,
and rules of certain TV worlds. Develop interesting themes, premises, central ideas, and
central questions for your series and pilot. Create riveting TV series bibles to serve as your
written pitch to executives. Learn how genres, story arcs, contained series, continuing
series, cast type, and rules of TV worlds affect your plot. Examine major plot points of
4-Act structure and where these plot points appear. Using a TV road map and story
signposts, create dynamic plots and strong act outs. Stuck on ideas? Fourteen popular plot
gimmicks are also revealed. Structure, character, scene, dialog, and prose checklists
included. Reg. $26.95 U.S. plus S&H. Discounted prices found at "Order Now" link - just
typein Marilyn Webber at the search site key.

Examine popular sitcom genres. Using sitcom story and series road flags, learn how to
create saleable springboards (for existing or original sitcom) from your sitcom central idea
and central question. Discover 20 popular sitcom character types and 32 popular comedy
catalysts and complications for your plot. Learn to create a dynamic character trinity, witty
obstacles, ticking clocks, and what elements affect plot. Build your five major plot points in
this 2-Act structure using story signposts. (Those constructing the lesser used 3-Act format
in sitcoms will find that structure in Animation Scriptwriting under animation sitcoms in the
22 minute format chapter.) Master the joke mechanics of punchlines and setups and find out
the 9 basic joke types.Also included are 18 comedy cones and checklists for your structure,
character, scenes, dialog, comedy, joke, and prose. Reg. $26.95 U.S. plus S&H. Discounted
prices found at "Order Now" link - just typein Marilyn Webber at the search site key.

Have a great idea for an animated screenplay? Then this book's for you! Learn to create great
themes, premise, central idea, and central question for your script. Examine major plot points
of 3-Act structure. Using a screenplay road map (outline) and story signposts, learn to create
forceful plots. Unlike other writing books which only examine the two major movements of Act
2, this book examines all 4 major movements. See how animation affects your plot. The basic
hero and villain types, and the importance of the character trinity are also discussed. Master
writing oblique scenes and funny dialogue by using scene signposts and dialogue devices. Also
discover 25 comedy gimmicks to enrich your screenplay's humor, and the 6 functions of songs
in animated features. For those important rewrites, this book includes checklists for structure,
character, scene construction, dialogue, humor, and prose. Broadcast guidelines are also
included. Reg. $26.95 U.S. plus S&H. Discounted prices found at "Order Now" link - just
typein Marilyn Webber at the search site key.