Michael Hague's book, The Hollywood Standard: How to Write Film and TV Scripts That Buy, has been the most comprehensive guide for film and television screenwriters for over 20 years. This completely updated edition reflects the latest trends in the art and business of cinema. The film guru describes in detail every step - from the idea to the sale of the script. Based on the fact that the main thing is the impeccability of the script itself, Haig teaches how to achieve perfection of the text, without losing sight of all the components of commercial success for a second. Knowing everything about cinema, the author gives psychologically accurate advice on how to approach the right people and achieve their interest, provides the reader with comprehensive recommendations about organizational structures and sources of information, analyzes individual scenes of many successful films, and gives a complete analysis of the script for the film “Avatar.” And Haig writes all this so convincingly that even a person who has not previously thought about a career in cinema wants to take up writing a script.