[ecrea] New Book - Screenwriters and Screenwriting: Putting Practice into Context

Apologies for cross posting - but you may be interested in this new 
edited collection, which features some members from this network and 
celebrates intellectual inquiry into screenwriting practice.

*/Screenwriters and Screenwriting: Putting Practice into Context/*, 
edited by Craig Batty and published by Palgrave Macmillan.

An innovative, fresh and lively book that is useful for both 
screenwriting practice and academic study. It is international in scope, 
with case studies and analyses from the US, the UK, Australia, Japan, 
Ireland and Denmark. The book presents a distinctive collection of 
chapters from creative academics and critical practitioners that serve 
one purpose: to put aspects of screenwriting practice into their 
relevant contexts. Focusing on how screenplays are written, developed 
and received, the contributors challenge assumptions of what 
'screenwriting studies' might be, and celebrate the role of the 
screenwriter in the creation of a screenplay. It is intended to be 
thought provoking and stimulating, with the ultimate aim of inspiring 
current and future screenwriting practitioners and scholars.


http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/screenwriters-and-screenwriting-craig-batty/?K=9781137338921


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Jule Selbo, award-winning writer and Professor of Screenwriting at 
California State University, Fullerton, writes:

/Each essay included in this collection serves two purposes: information 
and inspiration. Craig Batty has chosen authors who have dual abilities: 
they understand the creative process and they are able to find the 
kernels of truth in their topics that speak to both method and practice 
in screenwriting. This book is absolutely accessible and stimulating. 
Batty has gathered a compendium of worthy researchers whose studies, 
inquiries and insights motivate and encourage readers to think more 
deeply on the screenwriting process – and also aid those interested in 
the formation and construction of screenplays. His goals – to shape a 
collection of work that is relevant to both academics and at-work 
screenwriters, and to put the art and craft of screenwriting into 
'context' – have been accomplished./

The authors and I hope that the book makes a valuable contribution to 
screenwriting studies and creative practice research!

Best wishes,
Craig

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Dr Craig Batty
Creative Practice Research Leader
School of Media and Communication

RMIT University
Building 36.3.3, City Campus
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Tel: (+61) 3 9925 2456