Posts Tagged ‘Dummies’
Screenwriting For Dummies
- ISBN13: 9780470345405
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
- Notes:
Product Description
Write a great script and get it into the hands of the Hollywood players!
So you want to be a screenwriter? Whether you want to write a feature film or a TV script or adapt your favorite book, this friendly guide gives you expert advice in everything from creating your story and developing memorable characters to formatting your script and selling it to the studios. You get savvy industry tips and strategies for getting your screenplay noticed!
- The screenwriting process from A to Z — from developing a concept and thinking visually to plotline, conflicts, pacing, and the conclusion
- Craft living, breathing characters — from creating the backstory to letting your characters speak to balancing dialogue with action
- Turn your story into a script — from developing an outline and getting over writer’s block to formatting your screenplay and handling rewrites
- Prepare for Hollywood — from understanding the players and setting your expectations to polishing your copy and protecting your work
- Sell your script to the industry — from preparing your pitch and finding an agent to meeting with executives and making a deal
Open the book and find:
- The latest on the biz, from entertainment blogs to top agents to box office jargon
- New story examples from recently released films
- Tips on character development, a story’s time clock, dramatic structure, and dialogue
- New details on developing the nontraditional screenplay — from musicals to animation to high dramatic style
- Expanded information on adaptation and collaboration, with examples from successful screenwriting duos
Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies
- ISBN13: 9780470565209
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A step-by-step guide to creating your first Web site
Everybody’s building cool web sites, but how? Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, 2nd Edition, shows you how, with simple, step-by-step instruction that will build your confidence as you build your site.
You’ll learn to plan your site and secure a domain name, how to use Dreamweaver for site construction, and how to test and publish your site. You’ll also learn about designing a blog, creating a podcast, adding Flash, and even how to make money with your Web site. Dummies makes it easy and fun!
- Perfect for those who’ve never attempted a Web site before, including small-business owners, the family historian, amateur genealogists, and travel buffs
- Explains using Web site creation tools including Dreamweaver, Photoshop Elements, Flash, and WordPress
- Shows how Web pages work, how to plan and design your site, and what to look for in Web hosting services
- Covers editing and creating Web graphics and text, how to customize a site for different purposes, testing, and publishing your site
- Provides information on blogs, podcasts, adding Flash, and making money from your site
Web Sites Do-It-Yourself For Dummies, 2nd Edition shows you how to create a Web site you’ll be proud of.
BuddyPress For Dummies
Product Description
BuddyPress is the WordPress platform’s answer to community driven websites. BuddyPress is customizable and can be designed to match the style of your website through the use of CSS and understanding BuddyPress templates. BuddyPress For Dummies takes the reader through the steps of modifying and creating customized BuddyPress themes.
The book will cover:
- Setting up the WordPress foundation required to run BuddyPress
- Installing BuddyPress on a WordPress powered site
- Discovering the social benefits to your community members
- Navigating and understanding the different BuddyPress components, including extended profiles, private messaging, friends, groups, the wire, activity streams, blog tracking, forums, status updates, and photo albums
- Troubleshooting BuddyPress once it is up and running
- Extending BuddyPress through the use of addons and plugins
- Customizing the style of BuddyPress through CSS and template tags
- Bringing all of your social community subscriptions together in BuddyPress, including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and YouTube