Thirteen Battle Scarred Screenwriters Explode Writing Myths Plaguing Keyboard Mashers Worldwide

 
ALBANY, Ga. - April 22, 2016 - PRLog -- Warning to emerging screenwriters: staying on the Hollywood ladder has never been more treacherous. Writers must possess thick skin, but screenwriters also need bulletproof armor. For them, "Shaft" is more than just a film title.

Albany, Ga. - BearManor Media announces the release of The High-Concept Massacre: Genre Screenwriters Tell All by Jose Prendes.

Famed director Robert Altman once said, "I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing-I mean, I think it's blueprinting."

Thirteen top screenwriters disagree.

For more than a century, screenwriters have snagged the short end of the stick, and are often treated more like hired help than artists. Screenwriter Jose Prendes knows. With laser focus, he points a spotlight on these tireless keyboard mashers that spin the tales we remember and weave the catchy dialog that rings in our ears. Ranging from micro-budget cinema to Hollywood blockbusters, these illustrious screenwriters finally open up about their down and dirty behind-the-scenes secrets.

If you are interested in the nitty gritty of filmmaking and film writing, relive their heartbreaking, jaw-dropping, and sometimes wildly hilarious battles with producers and their zany roller coaster tales of studio interference. Screenwriters interviewed include: Shane Bitterling (Reel Evil, 2012), Carl Gottlieb (JAWS, 1975), Trent Haaga (Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, 2000), Stephen Johnston (Ed Gein, 2000), Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal, 1993), C. Courtney Joyner (Puppet Master III, 1991), Rolfe Kanefsky (Nightmare Man, 2006), Sean Keller (Giallo, 2009), William C. Martell (Ninja Busters, 1984), John Penney (Return of the Living Dead 3, 1993), Doug Richardson (Die Hard 2, 1990), Chris Watson (Zombiegeddon, 2003), and S.S. Wilson (Tremors, 1990).

Illustrated with 42 candid and behind-the-scenes photographs, some never before seen. Also includes a rare storyboard from The Lurking Fear, plus an original design drawing for Short Circuit that has never been shown anywhere.

About the Author: Jose Prendes has written twelve feature films and directed five since 2000, when he won the Hunger Games. He has been fighting the good fight in Hollywood for close to ten years now, developing a rawhide skin and slowly exchanging his blood for coffee. He is the novelist of the best-selling Sharcano, and the writer/director behind the mind-bending The Divine Tragedies and the mockumentary, Unspeakable Horrors: The Plan 9 Conspiracy, which put him on ten of the eleven government watch lists. He is a loving husband, who is forced to do dishes, and a father of two whacko children.

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Available exclusively from BearManor Media in hardback, paperback, and ebook editions.

About BearManor Media: The award-winning and Pulitzer-nominated press publishes cutting-edge entertainment books, audio books, e-books, CDs, and DVDs on movies, television, radio, theater, animation, and more. Founded in 2001 by Publisher Ben Ohmart, the BearManor Media catalog now features more than 900 outstanding subjects from the obscure to the eminent. Visit www.bearmanormedia.com

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