Written as a screenplay, this real life story follows a young boy named Alfred from his early life in Hungary during the rise of the German war machine. First his father is taken in the middle of the night, never to be seen again. Then he, his brothers, and his mother are sent to a ghetto and then eventually to Auschwitz where Alfred said goodbye to them all. Over a harrowing 15 months, Alfred survives starvation, disease, and deplorable conditions in the concentration camp with the help o...

First performed at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre**, the first stage play from the SUNDAY TIMES No.1 bestselling author of A SONG FOR THE DARK TIMES**It's been 25 years since Alfred Chalmers was convicted of the gruesome murder of four young women in Edinburgh. Isobel McArthur, Scotland's first Chief Constable, was the woman responsible for putting him behind bars, but the case has haunted her ever since.Now, with her retirement approaching, McArthur decides the time has ...

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599, as Shakespeare was approaching the middle of his career. The play was included in the First Folio, published in 1623.

In oppressive darkness, successful novelist Stephen King sits on his throne mapping out a new story of the macabre. But there is a problem; he's stuck. Writer's block has set in. But soon familiar voices offer advice and King begins to type: the flow comes and goes just as distractions and inspirations surface - then disappear then reappear. Real life begins to merge with his creative stream of consciousness and his creations start to mirror and comment on his own existence in a terrifying...

"""I have touched the highest point of all my greatness,And from that full meridian of my glory,I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening,And no man see me more.""Kobo Originals presents this complete, unabridged edition of William Shakespeare's HENRY VIII in fully accessible ePub format.Original cover illustration and design by Jenny Zemanek."

Bill Johnson reviews popular movies like Groundhog Day, Lethal Weapon, and Die Hard to set out principles of storytelling.Many writers new to screenwriting are doing what they think should be done. These reviews take new writers into the foundation of these films, exploring in a step by step fashion how each film told its story in a way that found and satisfied a large audience.Bill Johnson is author of A Story is a Promise & The Spirit of Storytelling, a popular writing wo...

#Second Edition#In the second exciting installment, Alicia with the help of Felix and Riddle explore the fourth Unknown Territory and encounter The Sacred Waters' Guardian.Meanwhile, the number one ranking warrior confronts one of our heroes and is suddenly forced into combat.The Consultant, tired of the warrior's continuous failure to stop the party, decides to handle them personally!From underwater sanctums to floating islands above the clouds, our heroes wo...

With its rich political and literary history, Dublin is a sought after destination for cinematographers who have made use of the city's urban streetscapes and lush pastoral settings in many memorable films – among them Braveheart, The Italian Job and the 2006 musical drama Once. Throughout the book, a series of essays by leading film scholars spotlight familiar actors, producers, and directors as well as some of the themes common to films shot in Dublin, includin...

The play "Flight of the Soul" contrasts several points of view about eternal life but features a "brain uploading" concept proffered by Ray Kurtzweil and others including the author. In the play Ray Kurtzweil is thinly disguised as Ray Kurtz. Others are archetypes of other points of view except Bob Mover (a Bill Moyers type) and Mrs. Altevine, a rich widow in search of eternal life.

The Spanish Angels is a novel that contains 80,198 words that are summarized within 6 chapters; four of which are a prelude to the narrated movie script about a Mexican bandit that falls in love with a rancher's adopted daughter. The story takes place in Texas after the civil war, and as the leader of a successful band of outlaws, he is pursued by the Texas Rangers. However,when he met the girl of his dream who had a mutual yen, he applied for a position as a ranchero at her dad's spread. ...

Andrei Tarkovsky died in a Paris hospital in 1986, aged just 54. An internationally acclaimed icon of the film industry, the legacy Tarkovsky left for his fans included Andrei Rublev, Stalker, Nostalgia and a host of other brilliant works. In the Soviet Union, however, Tarkovsky was a persona non grata. Longing to be accepted in his homeland, Tarkovsky distanced himself from all forms of political and social engagement, yet endured one fiasco after another in his relations with the Soviet ...

Screenplay: Building Story Through Character is designed to help screenwriters turn simple or intricate ideas into exciting, multidimensional film narratives with fully-realized characters. Based on Jule Selbo’s unique 11-step structure for building story through characters, the book teaches budding screenwriters the skills to focus and shape their ideas, turning them into stories filled with character development, strong plot elements based on obstacles and conflicts, and multifa...