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Looks at how Hollywood is changing to meet economic and creative challenges. This title probes the working methods of a diverse range of screenwriters to explore how they come up with their ideas, how they go about adapting a stage play or work of fiction, and whether their variegated life experiences contribute to the success of their writing.

Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbook—an essential addition to any player’s gaming kit. You’ve chosen your class, bought your weapons, and rolled for your stats, and you’re now the proud owner of your own RPG (role-playing game) avatar. But before you begin your adventure, there’s so much more you can do with your character to make him or her your own! Just how evil is she? What does his dating profile look like? Where did she get that scar? What does he want for his birthday? With fill-in-the blank narratives, prompts, and fun activities to help you customize your character at the start of the game, or build out your backstory as you play, The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Book will help you fully imagine your character and bring them to life for the ultimate gaming experience!

Christopher Chance, a.k.a. the Human Target, will be dead in a few days, but nothing will stop him from solving his own murder. His investigation into the JLI intensifies, and he sets his sights on the Martian Manhunter…but what piece does J’onn J’onzz add to the puzzle?

Hundreds of books claim they can teach you how to write the perfect script. Listen up: your script doesnt need to be perfect to sell! It does need to include nine standard story elements. Producer, writer and story analyst Donna Michelle Anderson, best known in the industry as DMA, has been hammering this point home for more than a decade at UCLA Extension Writers Program, film fests, production companies and more, and as the founder and screenwriting instructor of the Movie in a Box one-day filmmaking seminars.With this concise guide, DMA brings you the simplest steps to unifying a theme, character arc and spine, then streamlining those elements into a sellable script. She calls it The 1-3-5 System. Youre going to call it a miracle.

Enhance your reading comprehension lessons with Story Squares?! This versatile resource will encourage a love of reading in your students while developing a wide range of skills. Students are challenged to respond to reading assignments using the skills of Language Arts, Writing, Higher-Order Thinking, and Creative Arts. It covers three timeless children?s classics: ?Strider,? ?Frindle,? and ?Tuck Everlasting.? Each book has a story summary and 20 activity options. The packet also includes teacher hints, a grading rubric, and a glossary of terms. Brimming with content for both students and teachers, Story Squares is a novel way to get your students reading!

The New York Times bestselling Front Desk series continues! Mia Tang is at the top of her game! She’s spending winter break with Mom, Lupe, Jason, and Hank in San Francisco’s Chinatown! Rich with history and hilarious aunties and uncles, it’s the place to find a great story—one she hopes to publish while attending journalism camp at the Tribune. But this trip has as many bumps as the hills of San Francisco . . . 1. Mia's camp is full of older kids, with famous relatives, fancy laptops, and major connections! Can she compete with just her pen and passion? 2. Lupe’s thinking about skipping ahead to college! Will Mia ever get a chance to just chill with her best friend? 3. Jason’s crushing hard on a new girl. For the first time ever, Mia is speechless...and jealous. Can she find the courage to tell Jason—gulp—that she has a crush on him? Even for the best writers, it’s not always easy to find the right words. But if anyone can tell top story, it’s Mia Tang!

Enhance your reading comprehension lessons with Story Squares?! This versatile resource will encourage a love of reading in your students while developing a wide range of skills. Students are challenged to respond to reading assignments using the skills of Language Arts, Writing, Higher-Order Thinking, and Creative Arts. It covers four timeless children?s classics: ?Matilda,? ?Missing May,? ?The Trumpet Swan,? and ?School Story.? Each book has a story summary and 20 activity options. The packet also includes teacher hints, a grading rubric, and a glossary of terms. Brimming with content for both students and teachers, Story Squares is a novel way to get your students reading!

Enhance your reading comprehension lessons with Story Squares?! This versatile resource will encourage a love of reading in your students while developing a wide range of skills. Students are challenged to respond to reading assignments using the skills of Language Arts, Writing, Higher-Order Thinking, and Creative Arts. It covers five timeless children?s classics: ?Crash,? ?The Cay,? ?Walk Two Moons,? ?The Library Card,? and ?Chasing Vermeer.? Each book has a story summary and 20 activity options. The packet also includes teacher hints, a grading rubric, and a glossary of terms. Brimming with content for both students and teachers, Story Squares is a novel way to get your students reading!