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Writing the Character-centered Screenplay | 
 enlarge | Author: Andrew Horton
Publisher: University of California Press
Category: Book
Buy New: £16.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 467936
Media: Paperback
Pages: 228
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0520084578
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.23
EAN: 9780520084575
ASIN: 0520084578
Publication Date: September 22, 1994
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 Inspiring September 27, 2002
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
... It is in fact, an excellent study of how to develop the kind of complex characters that make a film worth watching. The book does not suggest that plot is worth nothing, but points out that a really strong character delivers their own plot. I recommend it to anyone who's serious about developing a unique screenplay.
 Not my idea of good movies October 2, 1998
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
The book itself has a booring look. The letters are small, no pictures and so on. It could have something of interest though. I did not think so. I obviosly do not like the same kind of movies as the author. I like Terminator, Alien and Indiana Jones. Of the list of good movies listed by the author was only Thelma and Louise one of my liking and three I count as boring. If you like the very dramatic kind of movies you will like this book. If you are more for the action-type of movies, do not buy this one.
Spice up your screen stories with some character gumbo! July 15, 1997
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
You're as likely to discover memorable charactersin most scripts as you are to discover gold dustin the L.A. riverbed. Everyone reverentlypitches "strong characters" as essential to astrong story, but no one tells you how to do this.Andrew Horton eloquently demystifies the processof character creation. Having a MFA in screenwriting, I was familiar with some of thematerial, but I found a lot of the book, includingthe approach, fresh, inventive and inspired.
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