How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks by Marilyn Horowitz ... ArtMar Productions

How to Write a Screenplay
in 10 Weeks

Marilyn Horowitz

ArtMar Productions

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Price: $49.95

Paperback | 203 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9799089-1-0

Summary

The Horowitz System™ will show you how to turn your idea into the first draft of a screenplay in 10 weeks or less—80 percent of students who have used the method have completed original, well-structured scripts, many of which have gone on to win screenplay competitions, be optioned, or get produced. Used as a textbook at New York University for over 10 years, How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks Using the Horowitz System™ teaches screenwriters to better fulfill their creative vision by giving them a clear, focused method. The Horowitz System™ uses a series of intuitive, visual exercises combined with a nonlinear approach to traditional three-act structure—the result is an organic, finely tuned first draft with high stakes and memorable characters. The Horowitz System™ is unique because:

It takes you step-by-step through the entire process of writing a first draft

Helps you write your screenplay in 10 weeks or less

Teaches you the Mythic Journey Map

Includes a free screenplay-formatting manual and writing log

About the Author

Marilyn Horowitz, president of ArtMar Productions, is an NYU teacher, a film producer and a writing coach. Her students include published novelists, award winning filmmakers, screenplay and television writers. She was the script consultant for the recent Warner Bros. film, And Then Came Love, starring Vanessa Williams. Marilyn teaches Writing The Feature and Aesthetics II in the New York University Graduate Film Program. Her book, How to Write a Screenplay in Ten Weeks, is used as a textbook for both of these courses. Marilyn was awarded the coveted NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Award For Teaching Excellence in 2004. Her new book, How to Write a Screenplay Using the Horowitz System™- the High-School Edition has been approved for use in the Montgomery County Public School district. Marilyn is also a Senior Writer for Script Magazine and contributes articles to Hollywood Scriptwriter. Marilyn presents screenwriting seminars across the country on a regular basis.

Reviews

“Marilyn shows you the dramatic and mythic tools every great writer needs. Most importantly, she helps you see yourself, and to write with your own voice. Simply put, with Marilyn your writing is more sound and inspired.”
- David Conway, writer/director, The Fire of Yoga

“Marilyn offers amazing insights and tools to keep the writer focused, disciplined, and thinking out of the box.”
- Deborah van Eck, executive producer, Boynton Beach Club

“She helped me turn my raw first draft into a marketable screenplay that I produced with several stars attached.”
- Caytha Jentis, writer/producer, And Then Came Love