THE BOOK

Writing A Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting

The main instructional text used in the Scriptwriting Mastery program.

Available in Kindle and paperback editions

WHAT'S INSIDE WRITING A GREAT MOVIE

Dilemma, Crisis, Decision & Action, and Resolution
Dramatizing Your Plot

Theme
Developing the Heart of Your Story

The Enneagram
Creating Deep, Complex, and Distinct Characters

Research and Brainstorming
Exploring Possibilities and Opening Up Your Story

The 36 Dramatic Situations
Developing and Energizing Your Plot

The Central Proposition
Tying Your Plot Together and Cranking Up the Conflict

Sequence, Proposition, Plot
Constructing and Tightening Your Plot

Using The 36 Dramatic Situations
Interrupting the Process to Brainstorm…

Using The Enneagram
Developing Characters…

Using Theme
The Value of Knowing Your Theme…

Using Research and Brainstorming
Sources and Resources… Eureka!

Using the Central Proposition
Developing Conflict…

Post Script
Master the Craft of the Dramatist Become a Great Storyteller Manage Your Rewrite Process Some Helpful Hints for the Professional Screenwriter A Final Assignment

Using Sequence, Proposition, Plot
Laying Out the Ending on Note Cards

“The One Book to master them all. It’s most likely the best book on writing I’ve seen bar none, and not just on screenwriting either. The information in the book is inexhaustible and worthy on many levels. He also uses every piece of advice he gives, and is quite original in doing so, with a very original way to teach. If you’re looking for “the” book on screenwriting, or writing in general, this book will take your efforts from the amateur realms and launch it into the next level and bolster a real sense of skill and professionalism that it may have been lacking.”

Steffan Piper

“In a nutshell: Jeff Kitchen’s materials bridge the gap between story theory and writing practice in a way that’s light years beyond anything else of which I’m aware.”

R. Roden

“I can’t imagine trying to tell a story without referring to Joseph Campbell (and Chris Vogler) and I can’t imagine trying to craft a screenplay without referring to Jeff Kitchen."