Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Scripting Stories: Some First Principles 2. Ideas Into Action 3. Just Picture It: Visualising the Action 4. Character: the Who? and the How? of Characters in Action 5. Dialogue 6. Making Scenes, Building Sequences 7. Metaphor and Moment: Deepening your Drama 8. Adaptation 9. Subtext 10. Pulling it all Together. Bibliography and Suggested Reading. Index

About the Author

Charlie Moritz is a freelance scriptwriter who has written for both television and theatre. He teaches screenwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University and has also taught at the RITS School of Film and Television in Brussels.