The Story Book - A writers` guide to story development, principles, problem solving and marketing [NOOK Book]

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Overview

Author, scriptwriter, story consultant and Ph.D scholar of story theory, David Baboulene, helps you to understand what makes stories that grip.

With invaluable new thinking on subtext plus insights on story success from:

Bob Gale: Legendary Hollywood scriptwriter and producer of the Back to the Future ...
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Overview

Author, scriptwriter, story consultant and Ph.D scholar of story theory, David Baboulene, helps you to understand what makes stories that grip.

With invaluable new thinking on subtext plus insights on story success from:

Bob Gale: Legendary Hollywood scriptwriter and producer of the Back to the Future trilogy.

Lee Child: 16 million Jack Reacher novels sold in 43 countries and 29 languages.

Willy Russell: celebrated playwright and film maker of classics such as Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita, Blood Brothers...

John Sullivan: television comedy writing legend - Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith, Just Good Friends...

Simply a must-read for anyone wanting to understand how to turn ideas into stories that sell.

"David holds your hand on every step of the magical journey to discover and perfect your story." Janette Innes - Writer/Producer - The Ghost Walker; Rain...

Product Details

  • BN ID: 2940011212079
  • Publisher: David Baboulene, via Smashwords
  • Publication date: 2/22/2011
  • Sold by: SMASHWORDS - EBKS
  • Format: eBook
  • Sales rank: 390,312
  • File size: 3 MB

Meet the Author

David Baboulene has had five books published and three film deals, two in Hollywood and one in the UK.

David works as a story consultant with training and development organisations, aspiring and established writers and producers. David is proving through a Ph.D. thesis that subtext is the defining substance of story, and by measuring subtext presence, depth and extent, he can tell you in advance how successful a story is likely to be. David is giving seminars on story principles throughout the UK and in Los Angeles in collaboration with The Script Factory, Euroscript and other partner companies.

David writes extensively on his subject, including his monthly column in Writing Magazine and Writers' News.

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  • Posted April 2, 2011

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    Great story theory - read this

    This is a great book on story theory and it's written in an easy going likeable style. I particularly enjoyed his theory of subtext, which is a difficult topic to understand. For this alone I give the book 5 stars and recommend reading it.

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