Summary
How to Write a Screenplay Using the Horowitz System™—The High-School Edition is an easy-to-use, straightforward workbook that provides high-school students with a fun and fast approach to screenwriting. By combining trademarked exercises with traditional movie structure—and examining such beloved films as Back to the Future and The Wizard of Oz—the Horowitz System™ leads students to an organic mastery of the challenging process of writing a screenplay. The workbook includes a cost-saving screenplay-formatting manual, a writing log, a film script, and more!
About the Author
Marilyn Horowitz, president of ArtMar Productions, is an NYU teacher, a film producer and a writing coach. Her students include published novelists, award winning filmmakers, screenplay and television writers. She was the script consultant for the recent Warner Bros. film, And Then Came Love, starring Vanessa Williams. Marilyn teaches Writing The Feature and Aesthetics II in the New York University Graduate Film Program. Her book, How to Write a Screenplay in Ten Weeks, is used as a textbook for both of these courses. Marilyn was awarded the coveted NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies Award For Teaching Excellence in 2004. Her new book, How to Write a Screenplay Using the Horowitz System™- the High-School Edition has been approved for use in the Montgomery County Public School district. Marilyn is also a Senior Writer for Script Magazine and contributes articles to Hollywood Scriptwriter. Marilyn presents screenwriting seminars across the country on a regular basis.
Reviews
“Marilyn Horowitz’s How to Write a Screenplay—the High-School Edition is essential for implementing an effective scriptwriting course at the secondary level. The Horowitz method consolidates lengthy approaches by other writing instructors and provides students with a clear, systematic, and motivating system for learning the essentials of quality screenwriting.”
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Arla Bowers, instructional specialist for the Visual Literacy Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland
“Whether you’re new to screenwriting or have a dozen scripts behind you, Marilyn’s method is an inspiration. When I feel trapped in the dark cave of a first draft, Marilyn’s book is the candle that leads me out.”
- Adam Nadler, writer and director, The Magic Violin and Shoot George
“Marilyn’s classes always leave me feeling renewed and inspired. She guides each writer toward the discovery of what they truly want to say in their work, and then helps them find the creativity, courage, and skill to say it in the way that will have the most impact. There’s nothing more I would want from a teacher.”
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Melinda Metz, author of the Roswell High book series and writer for the WB Network’s TV series Roswell
