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Here is your very own hands-on workshop--the book that allows ou to participate in the processes that have made Syd Fields workshops invaluable to beginners and working professionals alike.

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This book is single-handedly responsible for the first screenplay I ever wrote. Syd Field’s 1984 book Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting revolutionized how Hollywood writes movies. It was also kind of boring to read. But the 1988 Screenwriter’s Workbook turned a theory-driven book into a practical step-by-step guide that helped a very young and ambitious neurodiverse filmmaker (me) write my first script.

I read each chapter and completed the “homework” assigned before moving on. By the end of the book, I had a screenplay! It wasn’t great, but it was there! Syd Field updated his Workbook in 2006 with new…

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