Screenwriter's Handbook


Edited By Barry Turner
October 2007
Macmillan
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780230014046
333 Pages, 5 3/4 x 8 1/4"
$37.50 Paper Original


From the writers, editors and compilers of the highly successful "The Writer's Handbook" comes the first edition of "The Screenwriter's Handbook", an indispensable companion for everyone who commissions screenwriters, works with them or writes (or wants their chance to write) for the screen.

Containing thousands of entries covering every aspect of scriptwriting, with provocative articles and useful advice from leading representatives of the trade, this practical, straightforward guide, with indexes to aid quick searches, provides full details on the core markets and the way the television and film industries are going.

In addition to the key areas of UK and US film and TV agents and production companies, writers' courses and circles, festivals, grants and prizes, the guide also offers invaluable expert advice on contracts, copyright, and taxation.


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