Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting - Millard Kaufman

Part Hollywood history, part history of the art of storytelling, this title is infused with Kaufman's wit, intelligence and love of words. The plots are those of classic films from the 1940s, and the characters are the bosses, bombshells and bad boys of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

An invaluable tool that reads like a great Hollywood diary, Plots and Characters takes a tough-love approach to helping young screenwriters and reveals secrets only a Hollywood veteran would know.