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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Building on the groundbreaking approach set out in Screenwriting Unchained, Emmanuel Oberg offers a unique and indispensable survival kit for Film and TV creatives. He identifies in The Screenwriter's Troubleshooter forty of the most common screenwriting problems and helps anyone involved in the script development process to resolve them.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>In The Screenwriter's Troubleshooter, Emmanuel Oberg offers a unique and indispensable survival kit for Film and TV creatives.</strong></p><p><strong>Are you an experienced writer </strong>dealing with development notes on a regular basis, sometimes unsure how to translate them into actionable steps? Would you embrace advice that could lead you past the symptom or suggestion straight to the core of the problem and to finally cracking that rewrite - in time to meet your looming deadline?</p><p><strong>Are you a new writer</strong>, eager to figure out why some of your manuscripts are getting rejected or why you're having trouble attracting an agent? Do you wish you could quickly and efficiently diagnose what's not working in your projects, improve all aspects of your writing and advance your career to the next stage?</p><p><strong>Or maybe you're a producer, director or story editor</strong> working with writers. Do you ever struggle to articulate in a precise yet non-prescriptive way what you intuitively know isn't working in a script? Would you welcome a development resource designed to increase your chances of receiving a new draft that's not only <em>different</em> but <em>better</em>?</p><p>Emmanuel Oberg, author of the international bestseller on script development <em>Screenwriting Unchained</em>, delivers all this and more with the eagerly anticipated second volume in the <em>Story-Type Method</em> series, <strong><em>The Screenwriter's </em></strong><strong><em>Troubleshooter</em></strong>.</p><p>Building on his groundbreaking approach, Oberg identifies forty of the most common screenwriting problems and helps <strong>anyone involved in the script development process</strong> to resolve them. He explains in a clear, conversational style the possible causes leading to each problem and offers no-nonsense, actionable advice towards an organic, effective and creative solution.</p><p>So if you'd like to know what to do when no one cares about your protagonist, or how to address a weak set-up, avoid the dreaded sagging midpoint, tackle an unsatisfying ending and solve dozens of other common screenwriting problems, look no further!</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong>What People Say About Oberg's Story-Type Method</strong></p><p>"A highly refreshing approach to the subject and one highly recommended to everyone, from the aspiring screenwriter to the overburdened development exec." --Dan MacRae, Head of UK Development, StudioCanal</p><p>"The Story-Type Method cuts through to the essence and guides you when you are lost." --Matthias Hoene, Multi-award winning film and content-branded director</p><p>"The way Oberg devises a properly 'unified theory' that is creatively rather than orthodoxy led makes it a fabulous one-stop, practical tool box for writers and developers." --E. J. Clarke, Head of Film and TV at ShoeBox Films and author</p><br>

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