I've found that most books on script writing tell you how to write dime a

dozen Hollywood high concept pictures, which I don't think a book would

help someone write, other than to keep it dumbed down.





Scott



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On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, John Dougill wrote:



> How about The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler which applies Joseph

> Campbell's Hero's Journey to film stories in order to emphasise the mythic

> structure that underpins successful scripts.....

>

> I've just come across the follow-up by another writer that takes the idea

> further by applying it concretely to 50 top films, the aim being to set an

> example of scriptwriters.  I haven't got the book here unfortunately but

> perhaps another poster knows the title and author - it was published this

> year.

>

> To my mind the books are more valuable in terms of analysis than as models

> for scriptwriting, but they advertise themselves as aimed at scriptwriters

> and Christopher Vogler claims to have trained lots of Hollywood people in

> his techniques.

>

> Regards

> JD

> Kyoto

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