Riding The Alligator: Strategies For A Career In Screenplay Writing (and not getting eaten)
If you enjoy sharpening your craft or plumbing for inspiration by reading books on Screenwriting (like I do) then you’re in luck - Riding The Alligator is different, refreshing, and encouraging. Pen Densham has done some big things (Writer, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves | Producer, Blown Away), but he doesn’t have a big head about it.
Instead, he tries to nurture you through the writing process; this book is much less about nitpicking grammar and structure, and more about tending to your psyche’s needy little insecurities and doubts. Alligator is also unique in that it talks about his personal experiences in development, where we delve inside the Hollywood machine and see firsthand what the actual process looks like for screenwriters new and old.
Pick it up, and prepare to be encouraged!
