Fast, Cheap & Written That Way: Top Screenwriters on Writing for Low-Budget Movies

It’s like taking a Master Class in screenwriting … all in one book!

Discover the pitfalls of writing to fit a budget from screenwriters who have successfully navigated these waters already. Learn from their mistakes and improve your script with their expert advice.

"I wish I'd read this book before I made Re-Animator."—Stuart Gordon, Director, Re-Animator, Castle Freak, From Beyond

The book covers (among other topics):
Academy-Award Winner Dan Futterman (“Capote”) on writing real storiesTom DiCillio (“Living In Oblivion”) on turning a short into a featureKasi Lemmons (“Eve’s Bayou”) on writing for a different time periodGeorge Romero (“Martin”) on writing horror on a budgetRebecca Miller (“Personal Velocity”) on adapting short storiesStuart Gordon (“Re-Animator”) on adaptationsAcademy-Award Nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan”) on cheap ways to make it look expensiveMiranda July (“Me and You and Everyone We Know”) on making your writing spontaneousAlex Cox (“Repo Man”) on scaling the script to meet a budgetJoan Micklin Silver (“Hester Street”) on writing history on a budgetBob Clark (“Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”) on mixing humor and horrorAnd more!
This is the book for anyone who’s serious about writing a screenplay that can get produced!