The 90-Day Screenplay - by Alan Watt (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

The 90-Day Screenplay will guide you through the process of outlining your screenplay, writing a first draft, and completing a rewrite, all in three months. In this day-by-day guide you will:

- Uncover the dilemma at the heart of your screenplay

- Learn how to write from your subconscious

- Rewrite your work efficiently

- Discover your story's structure as an experiential model

- Develop a process of getting the story from your imagination to the page

Review Quotes

"If you're serious about your writing, buy this book. Even as a working professional, I refer back to it constantly. There's a kind of relaxed, organic approach to the instruction that feeds your creativity instead of robbing it with hard-and-fast rules about writing. The exercises presume that your unconscious knows exactly what the story is about and how it should lay out. All you have to do is get quiet and not interfere with the process. I love that idea because it takes all the pressure off. The more we try to force or muscle the story into shape, the more we get away from what it's really about. Al's book is incredibly clear and accessible. You don't need to have any background at all in screenwriting to follow it. The 90-Day Screenplay is a great addition to any writer's library."

- Jessica Sharzer (writer, co-executive producer American Horror Story)

"I am blown away by The 90-Day Screenplay! I'm applying the principles to my current works in process - as I will for all future projects. It is helping to reshape my understanding of character and story. This invaluable tool will never be far from my side."

- Pam Falk (screenwriter of The Wedding Planner)

"Alan Watt understands that you cannot think your way to a good screenplay. You dream it into being. The 90-Day Screenplay makes sure that you capture the dream before your left brain has a chance to banish it with doubt and judgment."

Allison Burnett (screenwriter of Autumn in New York, Feast of Love, Gone)

"The 90-day Screenplay is not just for writers, but for producers who want to know how their "product" is made."

- David Streit (co-producer of Internal Affairs, River's Edge)

"Rather than just a blueprint for cookie-cutter storytelling, The 90-Day Screenplay provides a road map to explore all those tangled corners of the soul where the best stories are hiding. This book is a boundless resource, filled with simple yet profound instruction, and should be state-mandated reading at the front gates of Hollywood."

- Aaron Lee (screenwriter/producer, Family Guy, The New Normal)

"Alan Watt's step-by-step journey through the creative screenwriting process is wise, illuminating and encouraging from start to finish. More importantly, it will help you start, finish and not get lost on page 42. It's the best 90-day investment I've made yet."

- Jordan Rane (Scriptapalooza's Grand Prize Winner for his screenplay GOAT)