The 21st-Century Screenplay  is the long-awaited, much-expanded successor the author's internationally acclaimed book Screenwriting Updated. Many books in one, it offers a comprehensive, highly practical manual of screenwriting from the classic to the avante-garde, from The African Queen and Tootsie to 21 Grams, Pulp Fiction, Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.Whether you want to write short films, feature films, screenplay adaptations, genre films, ensemble films, genre films, ensemble films, blockbuster or art house movies or parallel narrative, this book takes you all the way from the choosing the brilliant idea to plotting, writing and rewriting. 

Featuring a range of insider survival tips on time-effective writing, creativity under pressure and rising to the challenge of international competition, The 21st-Century Screenplay is essential reading for newcomer and veteran alike.