ISBN1501327240 (hardcover)
1501327259 (softcover)
9781501327247 (hardcover)
9781501327254 (softcover)
数量viii, 164 pages : ; 23 cm
寄与者Paul Joseph Gulino and Connie Shears.
一般注記Introduction, or, should I save the cat and send the hero on his journey? -- The science of information flow, or, I say schema, you say schemata : top-down versus bottom-up -- The science of connecting to the main character, or, why do I worry that a meth dealer might get caught? -- The science of contrast, or, why did the big huge spaceship follow the little tiny spaceship in the opening of Star Wars? -- The science of exposition, or, what's wrong with an information dump? -- The science of cause and effect, or, did the Packers really lose because I didn't wear my cheesehead hat? -- The science of shared attention, or if I write a screenplay in which a tree falls in the forest, and the reader falls asleep halfway through, have I written a screenplay? -- The science of conflict, or, what's wrong with watching two hours of people just getting along and helping each other? -- The science of imagination : temporal lobes, how to think creatively, stages of mind, or, your dope-fueled imaginings -- The structure question, or, how many acts does it take to sell a script? -- Star Wars, or, how George did it -- Epilogue, or, go forth and create.