Write Screenplays that Sell - the Ackerman Way 15th Anniversary Edition

by Hal Ackerman

Overview

You don't have to attend film school to take a screenwriting course with the master teacher in the field-it's all in his book! Meet Hal Ackerman, up close and personal, just as hundreds of his students have known him through the years. Hal offers a treasure trove of information on the writing of quality, salable screenplays by teaching the art of story structure, substance and style.

Over the last quarter century, dozens of screenplays written in his classes have been sold and several have become films, including ones starring Tom Hanks (directed by Steven Spielberg), Gwyneth Paltrow, Christian Bale, Hilary Swank and Diane Lane. They have won accolades in many prestigious contests and have been the gateway scripts to writing jobs in feature films and TV including HBO, Showtime, TNT, OWN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Disney, and more.

With this book, every professional writer gets a lifetime collaborator and every aspiring writer has a teacher in residence on his or her shelf.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159005342
Publisher:	Tallfellow Press
Publication date:	09/10/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	932,014
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Hal Ackerman has been on the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television since 1985 and is currently co-area head of the screenwriting program.
He has had numerous short stories published in literary journals including North Dakota Review, New Millennium Writings, Southeast Review, The Pinch and The Yalobusha Review. Roof Garden won the Warren Adler 2008 award for fiction and his Alfalfa was included in the anthology, I Wanna Be Sedated…30 Writers on Parenting Teenagers.
His short story THE DANCER HORSE received a Pushcart Nomination in 2011. Belle and Melinda was just named the world’s best short-short story of 2012 by Southeast review
TESTOSTERONE: How Prostate Cancer Made a Man of Me was the recipient of the William Saroyan Centennial Prize for drama. Under its new title, PRICK, it won BEST SCRIPT at the 2011 United Solo Festival
His first novel, STEIN, STONED (Tyrus Books) came out in 2010. STEIN, STUNG has just been published and is available on Amazon and at bookstores.

Editorial Reviews

"A must-read for screenwriters at all stages of their professional development."

Creative Screenwriting

"...will become one of the more popular screenwriting bibles out there."

Screentalk Magazine

"Exceptional." "Excellent."

Script Magazine