Ambitious enough to look beyond script mechanics and actually guide budding screenwriters to write not just competent scripts, but great scripts.
Christopher Nolan
Oscar-nominated screenwriter/director
Inception, Interstellar, Memento
This book is invaluable. Not only did it remind me how to structure and write a really powerful script, it reminded me why I do it.
Becky Hartman-Edwards
Emmy-nominated writer/producer
Larry Sanders, American Dreams, Invasion
No paint-by-numbers kit here, no cookie-cutter guide to mindless imitation. The Way of the Screenwriter is the delicately-wrought deliverance every thinking film writer has longed for: a complete affirmation of screenplays as art."
Karen Walton
Screenwriter/Producer
Orphan Black, Ginger Snaps
This book is a revelation. Read it once to benefit from its straightforward and practical advice, and then a second time to contemplate its depths. Many writers will find a trusted friend in this book!
Camelia Frieberg
Producer
The Sweet Hereafter, Wilby Wonderful
Deserves a permanent pocket in the backpack of any screenwriter who aspires to mastery. Beautifully rendered, fresh and deep in its examples and allusions, this book is a gift that elevates the reader far beyond the rich information it supplies. It shines a clear light through the labyrinth we all have to pass through to do our best work.
Stewart Stern
Emmy-winning/twice Oscar-nominated screenwriter Rebel Without a Cause, Rachel Rachel, Sybil
This is a visionary book. Amnon Buchbinder approaches plot, character and theme in an organic new way, one which will help professionals and students alike. A welcome antidote to writing by numbers.
Peggy Thompson
Genie-winning screenwriter/producer
Better than Chocolate, DaVinci’s Inquest
Associate Professor
University of British Columbia
Makes those other books read like vacuum cleaner manuals. Move them over and let Buchbinder take over. The Way of the Screenwriter is experienced, entertaining, and sincerely excellent.
Bruce McDonald
Genie-winning director
Pontyool, Hellions
“Stories are answers to human needs,” Buchbinder states in this deeply felt book. The Way of the Screenwriter beautifully answers the needs of any student and lover of film. It is written with wisdom, compassion and an inspiring sense of innocence.
Atom Egoyan
Oscar-nominated screenwriter/director
The Captive, Remember
"Along with Robert McKee and Lajos Egri, one of the three most useful books about the craft of screenwriting, among the hundreds available on the subject. Offers thoughtful insights into the craft which also have practical application."
John Lonie
Head of Screenwriting
Australian Film, Television and Radio School
I keep 'The Way of the Screenwriter' beside me when I'm writing. Part meditation, part guidebook, part how-to manual, it's the only screenwriting book that attends to
the mystery of the process while offering concrete advice on story, plot, character, and theme. Once, knee deep in the mud of a first draft, it miraculously unstuck me, and I've been relying on it ever since.
Esta Spalding
Screenwriter:
Masters of Sex
In this generous, beautifully written book, Buchbinder sets out a philosophy of storytelling that will inspire beginning screenwriters and reacquaint exhausted veterans with the source of their own inspiration. This is simply one of the best, most comprehensive books available anywhere on the art and craft of screenwriting.
Noel Baker,
Genie-winning screenwriter:
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Screenwriter-In-Residence, Canadian Film Centre