Writing for the Cut - Greg Loftin

'Writing for the Cut: Shaping Your Script for Cinema' by Greg Loftin (Michael Wiese 147p paperback)

Editing is what makes a movie a movie. Enlisting the insights and wisdom of master film editors including Walter Murch, Juliette Welfling, Eddie Hamilton, and Anne V. Coates, author Greg Loftin engagingly, smartly details the storytelling nuances and tricks screenwriters can learn from their film-editor peers.

Writing for the Cut is a guide to releasing and focusing your narrative energy, and to crafting your screenplay the way professional editors cut sound and pictures.