Organic Screenwriting

Self-Help

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Synopsis

Finally! A book for screenwriters that focuses on creativity, not rules! Writing for film doesn’t have to feel like an engineered exercise in story-building. Rather, it can be a story-freeing adventure, one that retains all the magic, wonder and awe of movies and make-believe. Learn to craft engaging, compelling, entertaining stories for the screen...spontaneously and without struggle, whether you're a seasoned screenwriter or just starting out. Be the storyteller you are: Go Organic: Write Your Screenplay the Natural Way!

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Author Biography

Award-winning author of more than a dozen books whose readers span the globe, Mark David Gerson electrifies groups and individuals around the world with his inspiring stories and motivational workshops, seminars, talks and retreats.

Mark David's books include critically acclaimed personal development and self-help titles, compelling memoirs and spellbinding fiction. In addition, Mark David’s books for writers are considered classics in the field and his screenplay adaptations of his Q’ntana fantasy novels are on their way to theaters as a trio of epic feature films.

As a personal growth coach and creativity catalyst and mentor, Mark David works with an international roster of clients to help them foster their intuition, connect with their inner wisdom, express their innate creativity and live more passion- and purpose-filled lives.

Having overcome his own personal and creative blocks and challenges, Mark David is uniquely qualified to motivate and inspire individuals in all walks of life and from all backgrounds to unleash the power of their potential.

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Look for Mark David's books at all major online booksellers and on his website.

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Author Insight

Myth and Reality

When I looked for a book to help me write my first screenplay, all I could find were bookstore shelves crammed with rules, formulas and templates. "No!" I cried. "Storytelling is about creativity, not engineering." So I ignored the books and their rules and wrote my screenplay my way, using the same intuitive tools I have always used. Later, after my first three scripts were optioned, I knew it was time to share my myth-busting approach...and Organic Screenwriting was born. (You're probably wondering whether my methods work. Remember that first screenplay? Optioned, along with its two successors.)

Book Excerpt

Organic Screenwriting

Myth #10: Three-Act Structure Matters

Most screenwriting books and classes speak at length about “three-act structure” and about how your script must conform to that formula. In those same books and classes, you will also hear a lot about “beats” and “plot points” and about how you must work these out with technical precision before you start writing.

“Must,” as I suggested in Myth #1, has little place in either a creative artist’s vocabulary or work habits.

Reality #10

All That Matters Is Your Story

Your screenplay and its structure exist to serve your story and its ultimate translation into film, not the other way around. Story is king, not structure.

When you write on the Muse Stream and are in tune with your characters, story and script, your screenplay’s acts, plot points and beats occur naturally and intuitively. They don’t need to be planned, plotted, engineered or graphed. And while they may need to be tweaked in future drafts, the revision process can be just as intuitive, if you get out of the way of your screenplay’s innate wisdom.

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Mark David Gerson

Organic Screenwriting

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Myth and Reality

Book Excerpt

Organic Screenwriting

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