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The Plot Machine
There are a lot of books on story structure, but only THE PLOT MACHINE presents a step-by-step guide to designing a story. In clear precise language, this guide discusses the various types of stories we tell, their specific parts, and how they are assembled. Say good-bye to staring at the blank page waiting for lightning to strike. Just put a few coins in THE PLOT MACHINE and design better stories faster.
Machine
Humanity is in crisis. There are 38-billion souls spread across three star systems, and every one of them is clamoring for more room. The Darwin may be their best hope. Its crew will seek habitable planets across the Void of interstellar space. But that's not all they find.Secret allegiances, a lost civilization, and an all-powerful device make MACHINE a break-neck tribute to golden-age science fiction.
Andy McBean 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Andy McBean is the man. He’s all that and then some. Since defeating an alien invasion, he has become the most famous boy on the planet. A new adventure comes calling when the richest man on earth asks to borrow the giant tripod the aliens left behind. Andy is the only one who can operate the machine and must journey to the top of the world to find a lost ship. There he is captured by the mysterious captain of a strange submarine.
Manhunt: a Nick Chapel Hollywood Crime
A killer's on the loose in Hollywood. He's targeting young starlets and taking different parts from each victim. The case has captivated the nation, fueled by the homicide reality-show MANHUNT. But a real murder is the last thing former LAPD Detective Nick Chapel wants to get mixed up in. He's perfectly happy solving the fake kind as a highly-paid screenwriter. This week he's re-writing a thriller for Paramount, but when his former partner asks for his help, he reluctantly complies. Told in the wry, witty voice of a jaded screenwriter, MANHUNT recounts Nick's dangerous search for the killer, driven by a sense of purpose he thought he'd lost years ago. Fans of Michael Connelly and Robert Crais will welcome this new crime-fighter in the City of Angels.
Paul Hayden Kirk and the Rise of Northwest Modern
The Pacific Northwest was far from the centers of modern architecture, but in the middle of the last century a group of architects designed for the region's land, climate, and abundance of wood. Paul Hayden Kirk was an unlikely leader of this movement, yet his work has inspired generations of architects. Illustrated with hundreds of photos and drawings, "Paul Hayden Kirk and the Rise of Northwest Modern" tells the story of modern design in a rugged landscape.
The Plot Machine: Crime
Tired of staring at the blank page? Have you lost your way through your story's second act? Want a road-map for your Nanowrimo novel? Struggle no more. THE PLOT MACHINE: CRIME builds on the story-design principles of THE PLOT MACHINE, focusing on the most popular crime genres: caper, revenge, thriller, investigation, and legal. The unique characteristics of each genre are described as well as a step-by-step approach to their plotting. All genres are not the same. Each has it's own plotting requirements. Crank up THE PLOT MACHINE: CRIME, and design better crimes faster.
Andy Mcbean and the War of the Worlds
Andy McBean is struggling to survive Middle School in the soggy hills of the Pacific Northwest. He's messy, fearful of bullies, and hates the rain. Having spent much of the last year in the hospital battling leukemia hasn't helped. Then one night a meteor storm devastates the county, cutting off power and communications. One giant boulder crashes into his neighborhood, skidding to a halt right on Andy's front lawn. The glowing meteor draws the attention of neighbors, the media, the army, and even the new girl from Andy's art class. He is thrilled at the notoriety, but everything changes when the meteor opens and a towering machine steps out. Separated from his family, Andy must fend for himself and rescue his friends. Along the way he meets an alien, learns what they want on planet earth, and devises a bold plan to stop them.
Celluloid Vampires
In 1896, French magician and filmmaker George Méliès brought forth the first celluloid vampire in his film Le manoir du diable. The vampire continues to be one of film's most popular gothic monsters and in fact, today more people become acquainted with the vampire through film than through literature, such as Bram Stoker's classic Dracula. How has this long legacy of celluloid vampires affected our understanding of vampire mythology? And how has the vampire morphed from its folkloric and literary origins? In this entertaining and absorbing work, Stacey Abbott challenges the conventional interpretation of vampire mythology and argues that the medium of film has completely reinvented the vam...
"Hailing frequencies open"
Star Trek: The Next Generation blended speculative science fiction and space opera in its portrayal of communication. Multiple modes of communication used between characters are presented and the multilevel tapestry of communication in the series is critical in its appeal. This book proposes that these patterns of communication reveal a foundational philosophy of Star Trek (while enticing millions of viewers). These patterns serve both to cause strong empathetic connections with characters and to impel viewers to form relationships with the show, explaining their extreme devotion.
Steven Spielberg
Until the first edition of Steven Spielberg: A Biography was published in 1997, much about Spielberg's personality and the forces that shaped it had remained enigmatic, in large part because of his tendency to obscure and mythologize his own past. But in this first full-scale, in-depth biography of Spielberg, Joseph McBride reveals hidden dimensions of the filmmaker's personality and shows how deeply personal even his most commercial work has been. This new edition adds four chapters to Spielberg's life story, chronicling his extraordinarily active and creative period from 1997 to the present, a period in which he has balanced his executive duties as one of the partners in the film studio Dr...
