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7 Step Process To Writing A Screenplay – Brooks Elms

Film Courage: How did the book Save The Cat change your life?

Brooks Elms, Screenwriter/Writing Mentor: Oh, it made a huge impact on my life because up to the point where I picked up that book I was muscling my way through a writing process. I’d taken Robert McKee’s course and a bunch of others and I love theory, it’s fascinating to me. I went to NYU Film School so it’s nothing but theory there…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).

 

BIO:

Brooks Elms is a screenwriter and independent filmmaker. His specialty is grounded personal characters and writing story tension so thick it knots up your stomach. He’s written 25+ screenplays, a dozen of them on assignment, and sold several scripts, including one this year with Brad Peyton as Executive Producer. Brooks was recently hired to rewrite a screenplay started by an Oscar-winning writer. Brooks began his career writing, directing, and producing two indie features (personal dramas) that he screened all over the world. And Brooks also loves coaching fellow writers who have a burning ambition to deeply serve their audiences.

 


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↓ Here is the book that Brooks refers to! ↓

See it on Amazon here

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

 


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