All writing is rewriting. But what do you change, and how do you change it? All screenplays have problems. They happened to Die Hard: With a Vengeance and Broken Arrow-and didn't get fixed, leaving the films flawed. They nearly shelved Platoon-until Oliver Stone rewrote the first ten pages and created a classic. They happen to every screenwriter. But good writers see their problems as a springboard to creativity. Now bestselling author Syd Field, who works on over 1,000 screenplays a year, tells you step-by-step how to identify and fix common screenwriting problems, providing the professional secrets that make movies brilliant-secrets that can make your screenplay one headed for success...or even Cannes. Learn how to:

•Understand what makes great stories work

•Make your screenplay work in the first ten pages, using Thelma & Louise and Dances With Wolves as models

•Use a "dream assignment" to let your creative self break free overnight

•Make action build character, the way Quentin Tarantino does

•Recover when you hit the "wall"-and overcome writer's block forever

悉德•菲尔德（Syd field），享誉全球的著名编剧、制片人、教师、演讲人，是诸多畅销书的作者。他的《电影剧本写作基础》自1982年首版以来已被译成24种语言，并被全球超过400所大学选作教材。三十几年来，他一直是好莱坞电影公司——罗兰•约菲（Roland Jaffe ）的电影公司，二十世纪福克斯，迪斯尼影视，环球影业，哥伦比亚三星影业的剧本审稿人和编剧顾问。他是首位进入美国电影编剧协会编剧名人堂的成员。

译者简介

钟大丰，北京电影学院国际交流学院院长,教授，博士生导师。1985年1月中国艺术研究院研究生院电影系毕业。主要著作论文有《中国电影史》《论影戏》等。

鲍玉珩，博士,教授,原美国北卡罗莱纳州A&T 州立大学艺术系教授，已获得终身教授荣誉, 1985年中国艺术研究院研究生院毕业,获硕士学位，1992年美国俄亥俄州大学艺术学院毕业,获比较艺术-比较文化学博士学位。著作包括在美国出版的学术著作8 部，以及《当代好莱坞》《当代美国艺术》《当代美国摄影艺术》等中文著作。