Scriptshadow Secrets is the first book from popular screenwriting blogger, Carson Reeves. The book was written as an answer to the glut of tired A-Z screenwriting books that have flooded the market over the years. Instead of another extensive How-To guide, Scriptshadow Secrets looks at 50 popular movies from the past six decades and offers 10 (give or take) screenwriting tips from each. The idea is to not only teach screenwriters valuable lessons, but show how those lessons have been incorporated into successful films. This way, writers learn by example, instead of having to take the author's word for it. From Aliens to Pirates Of The Caribbean to The Hangover to The Empire Strikes Back, Secrets teaches you screenwriting lessons from the greatest films of all time.

Author Carson Reeves began as a screenwriter himself, yet struggled to figure out the elusive formula for writing a successful screenplay. Then, about seven years ago, he started getting his hands on spec sale scripts and reading them. Within weeks, he'd learned more about screenwriting than he had in the past seven years combined. He then turned his attention from writing to helping others write. This was the genesis behind the Scriptshadow website - a way to teach screenwriting through reading professional screenplays.

The site blew up but quickly became controversial, due to Reeves breaking down material that Hollywood considered private. As such, the site's become a "love it or hate it" fixture in both Hollywood and the screenwriting community. Still, the site has tens of thousands of aspiring screenwriters who visit daily and make it the most popular screenwriting site on the web. The site's most popular feature, the "What I learned" section at the end of each review, was the main inspiration behind Scriptshadow Secrets, as Reeves saw how positively writers responded to quick context-relevant tips.

Scriptshadow Secrets》是流行的编剧博主Carson Reeves的第一本书。写这本书是为了回应多年来充斥市场的大量疲惫的A-Z编剧书籍。Scriptshadow Secrets》不是另一本广泛的How-To指南，而是着眼于过去60年中的50部流行电影，并从每部电影中提供10个（或更多）编剧技巧。我们的想法是，不仅向编剧传授有价值的经验，而且展示这些经验是如何被纳入成功的电影中的。这样一来，编剧们就可以通过实例来学习，而不必听信作者的一面之词。从《异形》到《加勒比海盗》到《宿醉》再到《帝国反击战》，《秘密》教你从有史以来最伟大的电影中汲取编剧经验。

作者卡森-里夫斯开始时自己也是一名编剧，但却一直在努力寻找写出成功剧本的难以捉摸的公式。然后，大约七年前，他开始接触和阅读规格销售的剧本。在几周内，他学到的关于编剧的知识比过去七年的总和还要多。于是他把注意力从写作转向帮助别人写作。这就是Scriptshadow网站的起源--一种通过阅读专业剧本教授编剧的方式。

该网站爆炸了，但很快变得有争议，因为里夫斯打破了好莱坞认为是隐私的材料。因此，该网站在好莱坞和编剧界都成了一个 "爱它或恨它 "的固定场所。尽管如此，该网站仍有数万名有抱负的编剧每天访问，使其成为网络上最受欢迎的编剧网站。该网站最受欢迎的功能，即每篇评论末尾的 "我学到了什么 "部分，是Scriptshadow Secrets的主要灵感来源，因为Reeves看到作家们对与背景相关的快速提示的反应是多么积极。

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