From concept to character, from opening scene to finished script.. Here are easily understood guidelines to make film-writing accessible to novices and to help practiced writers improve their scripts. Syd Field pinpoints the structural and stylistic elements essential to every good screenplay. He presents a step-by-step, comprehensive technique for writing the script that will succeed.Why are the first ten pages of your script crucially important?How do you collaborate successfully with someone else?How do you adapt a novel, a play, or an article into a screenplay?How do you market your script?From the Trade Paperback edition.