Cut to the Chase
Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
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Accomplished writers from the renowned UCLA Extension Writers’ Program provide an invaluable how-to book for aspiring feature film writers Millions of people dream of writing a screenplay but don’t know how to begin, or are already working on a script but are stuck and need some targeted advice. Or maybe they have a great script, but no clue about how to navigate the choppy waters of show business. Enter Cut to the Chase, written by professional writers who teach in UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, whose alumni’s many credits include Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl; Twilight; and the Academy Award nominated Letters from Iwo Jima. From learning how to identify story ideas that make a good movie to opening career doors and keeping them open, this authoritative, comprehensive, and entertaining book, edited by Writers’ Program Director Linda Venis, will be the film-writing bible for decades to come. “The instructors at UCLA Extension are working professionals, they have their own takes on the industry and you know you are getting real, not jaded, opinions about the entertainment business.” –Stuart Beattie, screenwriter-director, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl “Before I started taking the [UCLA Extension] classes, I didn’t know a lot about the structure and mechanics of screenwriting. Extension has given me a solid grounding in these skills.” –Iris Yamashita, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter for Best Original Screenplay, Letters from Iwo Jima “The Writers’ Program instructors have been out there- they’re speaking from experience.” –Zoanne Clack, Grey’s Anatomy, ER |
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