Jack Brislee

Jack Brislee is a business broker and property developer by day and a screenwriter by night. He has written dozens of scripts, including the Travis Fimmel vehicle Danger Close: The Battle Of Long Tan, which he co-wrote with Stuart Beattie and The Story Shop. He collects and dissects books on screenwriting.

The Sequence Approach

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“Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach” by Paul Joseph Gulino. Continuum International Publishing Group Inc. New York, NY 2004. 230 pages. ISBN-13: 0-8264-1568-7 Amazon Price: US $14.25 Paul Gulino is Associate Professor of Screenwriting at Chapman University in California. He is a produced screenwriter and playwright. ORIGINS The sequence method takes us back to 1897, and the … Read more

Understanding Screenwriting

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“Understanding Screenwriting: Learning from Good, Not-Quite-So-Good, and Bad Screenplays” by Tom Stempel. Continuum New York, N.Y. 2008. 230pp. ISBN-13: 978-0-8264-2939-1 Amazon Price: US $17.05 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tom Stempel has been teaching screenwriting at Los Angeles City College since 1972. He is a film historian and a writer, with four other books to his credit. … Read more

The Screenwriter’s Problem Solver

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The Screenwriter’s Problem Solver: How to Recognise, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems” by Syd Field. Bantam Dell. New York, NY 2006. 363 pages. ISBN-13: 978-440-50491-7 Amazon Price: US $11.56 THE AUTHOR Syd Field is one of the most popular screenwriting gurus in the film industry. He tells us that when he started screenwriting, “there were … Read more

Reviewed: Save the Cat!

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Jack Brislee reviews “Save the Cat!  The Last Book on Screenwriting That You’ll Ever Need” by Blake Snyder. Michael Wiese Productions.  Studio City.  California.  2005. 195 pages.  ISBN 1-932907-00-9  Amazon Price:  US $13.57 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Blake Snyder began his Hollywood career at the tender age of eight, working as a voice over artist for his … Read more

Reviewed: Writing Dialogue for Scripts

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Jack Brislee reviews “Writing Dialogue for Scripts” by Rib Davis A & C Black Publishers Ltd. London 2008. 206 pages. ISBN 978-1-408-10134-6 Price: US $16 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rib Davis is a playwright, oral historian, author, director and community arts worker.  Sixty of his scripts have been performed on stage, screen and radio and he … Read more