Screenwriting in a Digital Era examines the practices of writing for the screen from early Hollywood to the new realism. Looking back to prehistories of the form, Kathryn Millard links screenwriting to visual and oral storytelling around the globe, and explores new methods of collaboration and authorship in the digital environment.

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Kathryn Millard is an essayist, filmmaker and academic. She has written, produced and directed award-wining feature films including drama, documentary and hybrid works. Kathryn is Professor of Screen and Creative Arts at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

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Introduction 1. The Picture Storytellers: from pad to iPad 2. Post Courier 12 3. The New 3 Rs of Digital Writing: Record, Reenact and Remix 4. 13 Lessons on Screenwriting from Errol Morris 5. Adaptation: Writing as Rewriting and The Lost Thing 6. Degrees of Improvisation 7. Improvising Reality 8. Composing the Digital Screenplay 9. Collaboration: Writing the Possible Conclusion: Sustainable Screenwriting Endnotes Select Bibliography