Screenwriting : : creative labour and professional practice / / Bridget Conor.

"Screenwriting has been the subject of a wealth of popular literature that seeks to offer this work to all, to reveal the 'secrets' of screenwriting or to provide accounts of how to succeed in the mainstream screen production industries, primarily in Hollywood. But the deluge of How-t...

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Place / Publishing House:London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2014.
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (164 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Setting the scene; 1 Screenwriting histories and myths of the profession; 2 Screenwriting as creative labor; 3 Screenwriters' working lives; 4 Screenwriting work and the how-to genre; 5 Screenwriting work: Who's in and who's out?; Conclusion: Screenwriting as good work; Appendix 1: How-to titles and authors; Appendix 2: Indicative publishing information for five 'guru' how-to text; Bibliography; Index