Index

A

accident, 36

action beats, 98, 121

actions, 45, 87, 118

describing, 46–47

dynamic, 33

present tense, 46

surface and deep, 32–33

Adams, Leroy, 3

Adventures In the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Scriptwriting (Goldman), 42, 279

African Queen, 97

After Life (Kore-eda), 114

Albee, Edward, 85

Alexander, Scott, 50, 52, 57

Allen, Jay Presson, 65–66

Allen, Woody, 102, 119, 124, 241

Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules (Dancyger and Rush), 120, 279

American Graffiti, 71

American short film as art form, xi

Angela’s Ashes (McCourt), 115

Angelou, Maya, 27

Annie Hall (Allen), 102, 241

Archimedes, 2

arguments, 89

Aristophanes, 80

Arkin, Alan, 12

Art of Dramatic Writing, The (Egri), 119, 279

Artist’s Way, The (Cameron), ...

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