FOREWORD
Screenwriters always want to be finished, to get the script just right and reach their intended destination: The End. But what's the best way to get there? I originally created these “21 Questions To Keep You On Track” as a handout in my screenwriting classes at UCLA to help demystify the basics of screenplay structure and character development with a step-by-step approach. My rules. My way. But little did I suspect when I decided to ask these questions to 21 of the best screenwriters in the business (several of them my former students) that their collective points of view would substantially influence the way I teach and write. The author/professor became the journeyman/pupil. And now, in true Joseph Campbell “Hero's Journey” fashion, ...
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