Rewrite 2nd Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Strengthen Structure, Characters, and Drama in your Screenplay Paperback – November 1, 2013

This author knows what he's talking about. If you do what he says in this book you will be on the way to your desired level of professionalism. If you don't have a good story to begin with, reading this can help you improve it significantly.

My only complaint in this wonderfully helpful book is that I think it was misnamed. Don’t wait until you’re ready to rewrite to read it!

This book was recommended to me by a former Hollywood agent and I have to agree, it's the best rewrite book I've seen. It breaks down the rewrite process into clear, easy-to-follow steps and explains the reasoning behind each one. If you apply this process to your screenplay IT WILL dramatically improve the quality of your writing, but you have to be willing to do the hard (and oftentimes unpleasant) work necessary to get there. It's not easy, but end result makes it worthwhile.

Nice book that guides you through the basics of structure to make sure your script is at a certain level.

REWRITE is on of the best books I have purchased in regards to screenwriting. I am glad I read this actually before I started to write my screenplay. Don't wait for rewriting. Read this before!

There is no original content in Chitlik's book. He merely distills the core concepts of screenwriting into mostly his own words, and then puts a "TO DO" beside each one, reminding writers that all the bases need to be covered in the re-write.No original content doesn't mean the book's form isn't novel or useful. Chitlik has a gift for articulating the basics of screenwriting and for motivating writers to get off our butts and do the grunt work necessary to make our screenplays shine.I've read all these ideas before and most of the examples and the ridiculously shallow section on applying the re-write process to other formats are clearly filler to top off a very short book, but--The book works. What you're paying for is an Ariadne--someone to lead you through the agonizing, labyrinthine process of revision, a guide who can chart your re-writing journey in simple, easy-to-follow steps. Chitlik is a master at this, and you can use his book again and again to turn lead into gold.

Really helpful with creativity.

There are zillions of books that will get you through a first draft, but very few to guide you through the bigger process of rewriting. This book fills that gap perfectly and I will certainly be recommending it to my screenwriting students and using it as a reference. It's EXACTLY what so many of them need. If you have written a first draft, and are unsure how to proceed, don't hesitate in getting this. Loaded with insightful, smart exercises, it will give you all the tools you need to take your script and make it so much better. We all know that writing is rewriting...finally here's a book that will guide you through that process and help you write the best script you can.

Good alternative book about the process of the rewrite a mix of the standard format points and a few hidden industry hints like average 110 pages if you can its much more readable. an average 3 script are looked at ina day by script readers. The examples are different include Die Hard, and Thema and Lousie, a refreashing take and good value @ £14.