Constructing a StoryAll the books I have don't explain the elements of a story well enough or how to write one. The titles of the books below supposedly are the best books some people specialized in the craft have read. Craft books don't work well enough. I am concentrating my efforts more on grammar. Anyways the books I ordered them based on the lavish praise they got and there are excerpts on the Internet. This is a French filmmaker who is the author who graduated in Columbia university. He might be the most qualified to explain. I thought I'd share it here since I am thinking people might be in my situation. I can't afford writing workshops though I am making a savings account.
The book has a good quality of reviewers who have completed a script and have gone to film school and are script consultants in some cases. So here are the two books. It ships from France so I am still waiting until I get them to apply what is in the books. The books ship from France. The first one is for beginners, but go to goodreads to read the reviews and blogs. It still is the best book on craft according to them. I also read he is a French filmmaker so he has a lot of experiences and wrote his book on how write a story based on movies.
By Yves Lavandier
Writing Drama; a Comprehensive Guide for Playwrights and Scriptwriters
By Yves Lavandier
edit: no one buy this book. Apologies in advance as it wasn't what I expected.
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