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Ground-breaking books Linda Aronson is a scriptwriter, playwright and novelist who was the first person to provide detailed practical guidelines not only for writing screenplays that use conventional narrative, but also for non-linear forms like flashback, multiple protagonist and multiple time frames, structures traditionally regarded as ‘too difficult’ or ‘too dangerous’. Her books are particularly popular with professional writers. Her first book, Screenwriting Updated,was quickly taken up by thr profession internationally and became a set text at leading film schools around the world.Her new book The 21st Century Screenplay, a greatly enlarged and extended version of her theories, including a mass of new material on how to write films structured like 21 Grams, Memento, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Atonement, Amores Perros, The Hours, and the like) has already been internationally acclaimed, with the first consigment of books sent to the UK being sold out before it reached the warehouse. Her books have been endorsed by many leading industry figues, including Linda Seger and Christopher Vogler. What the critics said about Linda's books She has also written a very popular book on how to write TV scripts , called Television Writing: The Ground Rules of Series, Serials and Sitcom and a book on creative writing for school students called Writing with Imagination' which provides school students with professional writers' techniques for writing fiction, scripts and poetry, including for the HSC and similar public examinations. The BooksThe 21st Century Screenplay: a comprehensive guide to writing tomorrow's films Television Writing: The Ground Rules of Series, Serials and Sitcom Screenwriting Updated: New and Conventional Ways of Writing for the Screen Writing with Imagination "Script Mechanics: Understanding and Fixing the Script" in Tom Jeffrey (ed) , Film Business |
