Professor Craig Batty is Head of Creative Writing at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is an award-winning educator and researcher, with interests in screenwriting craft, theory and teaching, creative practice research methodologies, and supervising creative doctorates. He is also a writer, script editor and script consultant.Zara Waldeback is a script consultant and creative specialist currently living in Sweden and working across Europe. In the UK, she was for many years Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting and Directing at Thames Valley University, as well as working in development for British Screen and the First Film Foundation. She now teaches key narrative skills to a range of creative artists, and works as script editor for feature films, including the award-winning Sami Blood

Writing for the Screen, blending as it does theory and practical application, is the best single volume available for university students working on screenwriting courses today.

• IntroductionPART I: FOUNDATIONS1. Establishing Practice2. Subject: Ideas into Character3. Structure and Narrative4. Visual Storytelling5. Dialogue and Voice6. The Cultures of Screenwriting7. Key Points and Foundations ExercisesPART II: SPECULATIONS8. Exploring Possibilities9. Subjects: Ideas into Characters10. Structures and Narratives11. Visual Storytelling12. Dialogues and Voices13. Further Cultures of Screenwriting14. Key Points and Speculations Exercises.

Professor Craig Batty is Head of Creative Writing at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is an award-winning educator and researcher, with interests in screenwriting craft, theory and teaching, creative practice research methodologies, and supervising creative doctorates. He is also a writer, script editor and script consultant.Zara Waldeback is a script consultant and creative specialist currently living in Sweden and working across Europe. In the UK, she was for many years Senior Lecturer in Screenwriting and Directing at Thames Valley University, as well as working in development for British Screen and the First Film Foundation. She now teaches key narrative skills to a range of creative artists, and works as script editor for feature films, including the award-winning Sami Blood

Writing for the Screen, blending as it does theory and practical application, is the best single volume available for university students working on screenwriting courses today.

• IntroductionPART I: FOUNDATIONS1. Establishing Practice2. Subject: Ideas into Character3. Structure and Narrative4. Visual Storytelling5. Dialogue and Voice6. The Cultures of Screenwriting7. Key Points and Foundations ExercisesPART II: SPECULATIONS8. Exploring Possibilities9. Subjects: Ideas into Characters10. Structures and Narratives11. Visual Storytelling12. Dialogues and Voices13. Further Cultures of Screenwriting14. Key Points and Speculations Exercises.