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Title: Painfully boring
Review: As a working screenwriter, I usually have the bad habit of buying a screenwriting book when I'm creatively stuck to hopefully jump start my imagination, or to help me shift perspective slightly. When will I ever learn.The book's Table of Contents looks impressive, but it was clear from the outset the author is an academic. I was truly hoping for something inspired with a voice and point of view. The prose requires a significant effort on the readers part. I felt like I was swiming through molasses.The film examples were cursory and the book in general, I hate to say is BORING.I felt like I was digging through acres of barren terrain for a few tiny nuggets of insights. I hate writing these negative reviews, but I felt compelled to this time.The information Howard supplies is valid if you are a film student, but not if you're in the trenches trying to complete a screenplay that isn't working and you want to discover why.
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