The goal of Shaping True Story Into Screenplay is to empower screenwriters who are spurred on by personal experience and help them make the leap from cathartic expression to true storytelling. With an encouraging and supportive tone, the book guides its readers towards objectivity about their experience. An autobiographical screenplay must move beyond a self-indulgent re-telling, and so this book explains the process of writing one's own story in terms of antagonist and protagonist, beginning, middle and end, dramatic conflict and character motivations. This enables writers to discern the difference between ideas with true dramatic potential and memories best left in the scrapbooks. This book stresses the importance of finding a metaphor to use as a springboard for the development of characters and plot. This emphasis on poetic invention can help the writer craft a more artful script. An inspirational guidebook, Shaping True Story into Screenplay will help you visualize solutions to your screenwriting challenges as it explains how to: Clarify the themes of your true story and use them as a springboard for the development of plot and character Shape the plot into a personalized three-act structure along a focused spine Layer the story with complementary, cohesive subplots Build character arcs from the motivations and conflicts in real life Invent a frame to help propel the story forward Imagine events to create scenes that are metaphors for real events Choose what to leave out in the interest of the story Candace Kearns Read has over twenty years of experience in the film industry as a screenwriter and screenwriting teacher and consultant, and this book provides an in-depth look at the specific challenges of adapting from true story, based on her experience.

2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition. "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London. It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satirical treatment of Victorian manners and customs. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make it Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

A teacher takes on the pupil from hell only to learn what treachery means. This screenplay adapted from the novel of the same name tells the story of tenacious teacher, Sarah who takes on Josh, the pupil from hell. Dyslexic and older than she had expected, he takes pleasure in humiliating her at every opportunity. To make matters worse, her relationship with old school friend, Frank suffers at the hands of his commitment to a criminal clique, headed by psychopath, Kurt who operates in a derelict house known as the Hollows. Guilt-stricken over her dead brother, everything would appear stacked against her. But Sarah's troubles are just beginning as she forges on with her commission. Slowly she uncovers the dark secrets of Josh's family and the sinister workings of Kurt's tightly-knit circle. Ultimately, her past catches up with her, bringing her face-to-face with her greatest fear. A psychological tale of murky secrets, betrayal and sexual chemistry at its core, this story lasts approximately 100 minutes screen time. Properly formatted and easy to read. With a character list and guidance on reading screenplays. Book's statistics 8x5in 110 pages and 17,000 words approx.

A Doll's House made Henrik Ibsen world famous; the play is still Ibsen's most popular and one of his most acclaimed. Frequently called the first feminist play, A Doll's House is a fierce critique of Victorian society's conduct toward women. The play revolves around the lives of Nora and Torvald Helmer. Nora is treated as a juvenile, foolish woman by her husband. In reality Nora has been secretly working odd jobs to pay back the money she borrowed when Torvald was ill. This selfless act saved Torvald's life. Nora borrowed the money from her father's bank by a forged signature and has been plagued with the fear of Torvald discovering her secret. When Torvald discovers the existence of the loan he berates Nora, calling her a deceitful and corrupt woman and telling her she is unfit to raise their children. He says that he will stay married only to maintain appearances. Nora realizing that Torvald's love has always been conditional on her maintaining a traditional role as wife and mother decides that she must leave to find out who she is and what to make of her life.

2011 Reprint of 1899 Edition. "The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People" was first performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London. It is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations. Working within the social conventions of late Victorian London, the play's major themes are the triviality with which it treats institutions as serious as marriage, and the resulting satirical treatment of Victorian manners and customs. Its high farce and witty dialogue have helped make it Wilde's most enduringly popular play.

Caesar And Cleopatra George Bernard Shaw ZHINGOORA BOOKS] Contents ACT I ACT II ACT III ACT IV ACT V NOTES TO CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA

I hope readers will enjoy creating Reckless Dreaming as a movie in their mind. That is ahead of any possible theatrical production. - Nick David, Screenwriter

This is a screenplay; which eight friends want; to do a documentary; of an abandon mental institution; it seems that they meet some unsuspected; vistors; then; all of sudden; all hell breaks loose.

Inspired by a true story, HEAD OF THE CREEK embodies the essence of a Shakespearian Tragedy. When a brilliant bumpkin embarks upon lurid quest, his prize becomes his punishment. - "This above all: to thine own self be true..." (William Shakespeare, "Hamlet," Act I, Scene 3) Louis Wilson is a hayseed born with the aptitude of a Nobel Laureate. At the age of 8, someway, somehow Little Louis has it all figured out. He gets it. For some of us it takes our entire lives to get it. Others never get it. Louis got it, and maybe you'll get it, too. His goal is simple - take an early retirement and live out by the old creek. But Louis quickly learns what most of us already know - the simplest things in life are often the most complex and impossible to accomplish. HEAD OF THE CREEK is a gritty, glimpse of Louis's simple goal that becomes a 30-year Machiavellian quest for Nirvana. - "He had everything it took to live right, but he chose to live wrong."

Fire For Effect is a WWII story, but not of the ordinary kind. Based on a true incident, it involves a little known, but vitally important branch of Military Intelligence - the IPWs - Interrogators of Prisoners of War. It is the story of a battle of wits between two officers, good men both, with strong convictions, integrity and a firm sense of duty - but on opposite sides. And it concerns a potentially catastrophic event about to happen.

A test pilot, veteran of Desert Storm, crashes while testing a top secret military device. His injuries rob him of his memory, reducing him to the level of an animal - but an animal with the intelligence and reasoning power of a man, and the fear and desperation of a hunted beast. He leads the men who would save him on a fantastic chase through the desolate and hostile country of Death Valley, pitting animal instinct against sophisticated technology.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Renew my body, set at 17. -Allen Ginsberg 1988, Chicago. Stare deeply into the watery blue eyes of an elderly and wheelchair bound man, pull back and you'll find yourself surrounded by the serenity of the manicured lawn of the Thousand Oaks Convalescent Hospital... his home for the past 30 years. Physical examinations must be done periodically, as with all of the elderly. For David Jason, it's an opportunity to briefly escape the confines of this limited world. Today's ambulance ride with his nurse and confidant, Angela Ryan, to Lakeview General Hospital will be unlike any other;...it will alter his life forever... embarking on man-kind's most impossible dream...a second.chance...to go through life again knowing what he knows now. On the way to the hospital there is a terrible accident, a collision between the ambulance and a careening eighteen wheeler out of control Angela is thrown clear, and David a concussion and deep lacerations; he is fortunate. Tests are done, and their conclusions are shocking. It seems as though David's cells are multiplying at an alarming rate, reversing metabolically to such an extent that he is actually regressing in age He may only have 6 months to live, as the physiological trauma of the regeneration process is determined to be too much for his life support systems. Further tests are performed: his condition constantly monitored by his faithful nurse. His injuries heal at an astonishing rate While visually he begins to appear noticeably younger, he goes through spells of strength and coherence then lapses into unexplainable periods of severe pain and near death states. Angela reviews his records, and finds nothing regarding his past no family contacts, no prior addresses, no medical information prior to his admittance on October 11, 1958. She suspects foul play and has him transferred out of Thousand Oaks. With the assistance of a retired ex-cop turned private investigator, Vince Carpeski, and a curious friend, Dr. Conrad Hoffman, an unresolved mysterious and suspenseful trail of a medical cover-up is revealed] The case was thought to have been sealed thirty years ago with the murder of a prominent hospital chief-of-staff surgeon who was on the verge of going public with damaging research fraud allegations. A multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical firm, Medtech, is implicated. A desperate man of corruption and greed, SydUnderwood, is found to have masterminded the scheme. As David and Angela race against time in their search for answers and truth, a once-in-a-lifetime love is rediscovered; a "fountain of youth" becomes a reality, giving love a chance to blossom again. If only for a moment, medical technology reaches into the future, sending shivering moments of enlightenment to strike deep into the soul, as justice is served The story moves between the forces of good and evil, eternal hope and despair as the PENDULUM swings to an engaging and masterfully written climax, offering our hearts and dreams...the possibility...of a second chance.

The play is based around the two lovers Mirabell and Millamant. In order for the two to get married and receive Millamant's full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant's aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bitter lady, who despises Mirabell and wants her own nephew, Sir Wilful, to wed Millamant.

An accident in the wilderness. A woman lies dead. Fire and explosions. Twisted metal and broken branches. And blood. To awaken from the dream, or the nightmare, and not knowing which is which. Not knowing your part. Not knowing good from evil. Not knowing the unwashed from the clean. The devils and the beasts creep around you. But to hunt, or to welcome? Kieran finds himself lost in the frozen woods, his wife Katherine dead in the snow, the twisted remnants of his car ablaze in the trees, and a waste-howling wilderness all around him waiting to get at his cold flesh. But the treacherous terrain and the bitter cold blizzard winds aren't the only dangers awaiting him in the woods. Something hunts him. And he must struggle through his memories deciphering what's real and what is illusion if he is ever to discover the truth about the stranger Nero who appears in and out of the wilderness to torment him at every turn.

After being kicked off the bus for smoking pot in the bathroom, Michael finds himself stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do but kill some time. As he wanders around the half-deserted remains of an old mining town he comes across an abandoned amusement park, and four teenagers all dressed up in costume. Too many days on the road and too many puffs on the joint have left Michael clueless to the fact that it is actually Halloween. A fact that the vampire costumed Ricky is only too quick to point out. Then there's Matt, the sports jock clad in cowboy garb, and his prudish girlfriend Beth who is dressed rather uncomfortably in a French maid's outfit. But the one who catches Michael's eye immediately is Amber, dressed ever so sweetly in her Catholic school girl costume. And when the rundown funhouse provides little thrill, it is Amber that seductively entices the others to go and check out a real haunted house; a farmhouse she has heard about out beyond the marshes and long-rumored to be the home of many nefarious happenings. Along the way the kids argue about what exactly went on in that old farmhouse that left it haunted and full of mystery. Each one has their own theory, based of course on their own deep-seeded fears. And when they come upon some magic mushrooms that Michael discovers growing in some cow dung in a farmer's field, their fears and anxieties begin to take center stage. Reality comes into question. Fears turn into suspicion. And madness erupts all around them. Will they succumb to their deep down fears of the physical world or will their reverence of nature's beauty guide them through and safely see them reach the morning?

Following the exploits of a group of friends who live small lives and have even smaller ambitions, "Skids" is a window into their lives as they carry on into their early twenties, while still living very much like teenagers. Will any of them escape this downward spiral into mediocrity? And more importantly, do any of them want to? When drinking, partying and acting like a bunch of fools are your chief concerns in life is there really any reason to change? When happiness can be achieved simply by playing air guitar to a Judas Priest song is there any need for anything else? Maybe not. But then again, maybe this life isn't for everyone. So join in the fun as this group of lovable miscreants struggle through their mundane lives trying to accomplish their minuscule goals and having a blast all the while. Crank it up and grab a beer. Wee-hoo

BLACK MAMBO is a sizzling hot, highly stylized, gritty crime story placed within the miry landscape of the Los Angeles underground crime world. When Police Detective Will Biggs and his crew attempt to infiltrate Black Mambo's counterfeit crime syndicate, Will's team gets made and all hell breaks loose.

A new edition of Wilde's timeless classic.

Caesar and Cleopatra, a play written in 1898 by George Bernard Shaw, was first staged in 1901 and first published with Captain Brassbound's Conversion and The Devil's Disciple in his 1901 collection, Three Plays for Puritans. It was first performed at Newcastle-on-Tyne on March 15, 1899. The first London production was at the Savoy Theatre in 1907. The famous scene in which Cleopatra, concealed in a rolled-up carpet, is smuggled into Caesar's presence was credited by Otto Skorzeny as the inspiration for his doing the same to his kidnapping victim Miklos Horthy, Jr. in 1944 during Operation Panzerfaust. Shaw wants to prove that it was not love but politics that drew Cleopatra to Julius Caesar. He sees the Roman occupation of ancient Egypt as similar to the British occupation that was occurring during his time. Caesar understands the importance of good government, and values these things above art and love. Shaw's philosophy has often been compared to that of Nietzsche. Their shared admiration for men of action shows itself in Shaw's description of Caesar's struggle with Pompey. In the prologue, the god Ra says, "the blood and iron ye pin your faith on fell before the spirit of man; for the spirit of man is the will of the gods." A second theme, apparent both from the text of the play itself and from Shaw's lengthy notes after the play, is Shaw's belief that people have not been morally improved by civilization and technology. A line from the prologue clearly illustrates this point. The god Ra addresses the audience and says, "ye shall marvel, after your ignorant manner, that men twenty centuries ago were already just such as you, and spoke and lived as ye speak and live, no worse and no better, no wiser and no sillier." Another theme is the value of clemency. Caesar remarks that he will not stoop to vengeance when confronted with Septimius, the murderer of Pompey. Caesar throws away letters that would have identified his enemies in Rome, instead choosing to try to win them to his side. Pothinus remarks that Caesar doesn't torture his captives. At several points in the play, Caesar lets his enemies go instead of killing them. The wisdom of this approach is revealed when Cleopatra orders her nurse to kill Pothinus because of his "treachery and disloyalty" (but really because of his insults to her). This probably contrasts with historical fact. The murder enrages the Egyptian crowd, and but for Mithridates' reinforcements would have meant the death of all the protagonists. Caesar only endorses the retaliatory murder of Cleopatra's nurse because it was necessary and humane.

"An accident has occurred. Joe Chip and his colleagues--all but one of them--have narrowly escaped an explosion at a moon base. Or is it the other way round? Did Joe and the others die, and did the one fatality, Glen Runciter, actually survive? . . . From the stuff of space opera, Dick spins a deeply unsettling existential horror story, a nightmare you'll never be sure you've woken up from."--Lev Grossman, "Time"
In 1974, Philip K. Dick was commissioned to write a screenplay based on his novel "Ubik." The film was eventually scrapped, but the screenplay was saved and later published in 1985. Featuring scenes that are not in the book and a surreal playfulness--the style of the writing goes back in time just like the technology in the book's dreamworld--this screenplay is the only one Dick wrote and features his signature mix of paranoia, humor, and big-idea philosophy.