Screenplay_TheFoundationsofScreenwriting

PRAISE FOR SYD F I E L D "[Syd Field is] the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world."— Hollywood Reporter "Syd Field is the preeminent analyzer in the study of American screenplays." —JAMES L. BROOKS, Academy Award-winning writer, director, producer "I based Like Water for Chocolate on what I learned in Syd's books. Before, I always felt structure imprisoned me, but what I learned was structure really freed me to focus on the story." —LAURA ESQUIVEL, writer, Like Water for Chocolate "If I were writing screenplays ... I would carry Syd Field around in my back pocket wherever I went." —STEVEN BOCHCO, writer/producer/director, NYPD Blue "Syd Field's book[s] have been the Bible and Talmud for a generation of budding screenwriters." —Salon.com SCREENPLAY: The Foundations of Screenwriting " Screenplay is one of the bibles of the film trade and has launched many a would-be screenwriter on the road to Hollywood."—Library Journal "[Syd Field is the] guru of would-be screenwriters __ Screenplay is their bestselling bible."—Los Angeles Herald Examiner "Full of common sense, an uncommon commodity."—Esquire "Quite simply the on......