Story Sense

"This is the first true textbook for a course in screenwriting. Story Sense provides specific strategies for writing story, character, and script. A wealth of techniques are suggested so that screenwriters can select those that work best for them. The book has been conceived as a working manual for screenwriters and offers hands-on advice for solving the many problems that crop up as the work progresses. In addition, the book includes examples of script format, a glossary of film terms, the Writer's Guild's compensation terms, and such insider examples as a sample studio script evaluation form, a sample script analysis, a sample studio reader's questionnaire, and a sample re-write."

- Google Books

Learn how to craft concise story concepts that will have people itching to read your script.

This book is suitable for authors of all types and levels. Story Sense provides tools to develop engaging and intelligent storylines with emotionally and psychologically ambitious characters. It will guide you step by step to understand the character's thoughts, actions, and ideas. It also explains how to develop structure, dramatization, and anything else needed to write a perfect script or fictional story. You will continue to highlight passages and refer to this "Bible" throughout your writing journey. So keep this book close by; as a screenwriter, all the answers you need are here.