The most innovative and creative screenwriting book yet, from an author who knows first-hand what it takes to get a movie made. Based on an award-winning website hailed as "smart enough for professional screenwriters and accessible enough for aspiring screenwriters," "Crafty Screenwriting "is the first book not only to offer a successful screenwriter's tricks of the trade, but to explain what development executives really mean when they complain that the "dialogue is flat," or "the hero isn't likeable." Fresh, provocative, and funny, Alex Epstein diagnoses problem that other screenwriting books barely address, and answers questions they rarely ask, like "Why is it sometimes dangerous to know your characters too well before you start writing," or "Why does your script have to be so much better than the awful pictures that get made every day?" As a development executive who has accepted and rejected countless screenplays, and a produced screenwriter himself, Epstein can take you into the heart of the most important question of all: "Is this a movie?" A crucial book for anyone who has ever wondered what it takes to get their movie made.

◎著者

亚历克斯·爱泼斯坦（Alex Epstein）有长达十年的剧本策划和开发经验。他从耶鲁大学和加州大学洛杉矶分校毕业后，曾在三家独立制片公司担任过副总裁，在这期间负责交涉剧本期权、组织剧本写作、聘用编剧并同所有大制片厂和经纪公司合作开发和包装项目。除此以外，爱泼斯 坦的剧本受到如《甘地传》《周六夜狂欢》等影片、综艺节目的导演的赏识，最终被拍摄成电影和电视剧。同时作者还有一个剧本网站：www.craftyscreenwriting.com。

◎译者

贾志杰，电影剧本专家和剧本医生。曾赴美攻读英美和比较文学，1998 年创建哈佛大学中国电影计划。2003 年回国任北京世纪喜讯文化传播有限公司总策划；2009 年任职文化中国传媒集团，负责电影剧本开发及海外合作业务；现任新文化传媒集团北京分公司剧本开发总监。策划影片包括《有种你爱我》《警察故事2013》《我知女人心》《看上去很美》和《鸡犬不宁》等。

季英凡，电影项目策划人，编剧。现居北京。