Writing for Visual Media, 4th Edition

Contents

Acknowledgments

Praise

Preface

What’s on the Companion Website?

Introduction

The Purpose

The Premise of This Book

Objectives

Secondary Objectives

The Basic Idea of a Script

Meta-Writing

The Learning Task

Conclusion

PART 1 Defining the Problem

1 Describing One Medium through Another

Writing Not To Be Read But To Be Made

Writing, Producing, and Directing

Moving from Being a Viewer to Being a Creator

The Producer and Director Cannot Read Your Mind

Instructions to the Production Crew

What Is the Role of a Scriptwriter?

The “Script” Writer Is a New Kind of Writer

What Is Visual Writing?

Meta-Writing

Where Do We Go from Here?

Differences Compared to Novels and Stage Plays

Writing with Dialogue

Writing without Dialogue

Conclusion

Exercises ...