"The most complete
step-by-step system for taking a screenplay
from rough concept to polished final draft that I’ve ever seen.”
— Trevor Mayes, scriptwrecked.com
The Coffee Break Screenwriter
Written by Pilar Alessandra
Published by Michael Wiese Publications, 2010
http://www.mwp.com/
You do have time to write your screenplay! Write a screenplay
without quitting your job or leaving your family. Packed with more than sixty ten-minute writing tools, The Coffee Break Screenwriter keeps it focused and simple. Writers — from novice to professional — benefit at every stage of the writing process with a relaxed, “ten minutes at a time” method.
“Ten-Minute Lectures” and “Take Ten” writing templates distill and
demystify old-school theory, helping writers unblock, outline, finish
pages, and move forward. Plus, advice from twenty working writers on
how to use time more efficiently.
Purchase “The Coffee Break Screenwriter” from this site and you’ll receive a copy signed by the author and an additional CD of the key templates and worksheets within the book (includes outlining, scene-writing and pitching).
Open this book to any page right now and read one of the
lessons... If you tell me you didn’t have at least a minor
epiphany about how to make your script better, you’re lying.”
– Carl Ellsworth, writer – Red Eye, Disturbia, Red Dawn (2010)
This is the book I needed when I first moved out to Hollywood
— a nuts and bolts approach to screenwriting and the world
around it. It will take you from talking about writing a screen-
play to actually doing it.
– Garrett Donovan, writer/executive producer –
Community, Scrubs
As close as you can get to taking a screenwriting class. For
busy people juggling career and a home life and putting off
writing a script — you have no more excuses. This is the help
you’ve been waiting for!
- Andrea McCall, Head of Story, DreamWorks SKG
