威廉·M·埃克斯（William M.Akers），美国编剧工会终身会员，已有三个剧本被拍摄制作成剧情长片。埃克斯曾为米高梅、迪斯尼、环球电影制片厂和福克斯、NBC 及ABC 电视网写作。目前，他有关西贡沦陷的电影剧本已由序曲工作室(Overture Studios) 和导演乔恩• 阿米尔购得优先权。他在范德堡大学讲授剧本写作和电影制作课程。埃克斯讲一口还不错的法语，有两条很守规矩的狗，而且是个电视竞赛参赛者，当然，他没胜出。有关本书更多内容参见www.yourscreenplaysucks.com。

A complete course in the art of writing and an essential reference for any working or would-be writer of any kind. Step-by-step it shows how to come up with ideas, get past writer's block, create an irresistible opening, develop an effective style, choose powerful words and master grammar, rewrite, and much, much more.

A complete course in the art of writing and an essential reference for any working or would-be writer of any kind. Step-by-step it shows how to come up with ideas, get past writer's block, create an irresistible opening, develop an effective style, choose powerful words and master grammar, rewrite, and much, much more.

Mankind now has within its grasp the power to synthesize true artificial life, playing out Dr Frankenstein's dream in both cyberspace and the real world. In this book, Steve Grand, a leading exponent of artificial life, provides the first authoritative and comprehensive tour of the frontiers of this burgeoning new creation. He surveys what has been achieved so far and looks at ...(展开全部)

In his essay on the "Notebooks of Tennessee Williams", Colm Toibin reveals an artist 'alone and deeply fearful and unusually selfish' and one profoundly tormented by his sister's mental illness. Through the relationship between W.B. Yeats and his father or Thomas Mann and his children or J.M. Synge and his mother, Toibin examines a world of family relations, richly comic or sav...(展开全部)

In his essay on the "Notebooks of Tennessee Williams", Colm Toibin reveals an artist 'alone and deeply fearful and unusually selfish' and one profoundly tormented by his sister's mental illness. Through the relationship between W.B. Yeats and his father or Thomas Mann and his children or J.M. Synge and his mother, Toibin examines a world of family relations, richly comic or sav...(展开全部)

Intuition is the hot buzzword in business, but specific guidelines on how to trust your gut have been sorely lacking. Put Your Intuitio n to Work provides that missing link. . Business is about making money, but it’s also about making decisions. There are relatively small decisions, like when to call a meeting or which emails to answer quickly. Then there are the big decisions ...(展开全部)

From the "astounding" (Entertainment Weekly), "spectacularly evocative" (The Atlantic), and "brilliant" (Los Angeles Times) author of the New York Times bestsellers The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes a return to the essay form in this expansive new book.With the virtuosic synthesis of memoir, criticism, and journalism for which she has become known, Leslie Jamison offer...(展开全部)