bA professional screenwriter's master class in writing the most critical and challenging script element--the individual scene.b No one comes out of a movie talking about structure. What audiences love and remember about a movie are great scenes. Marlon Brando in the back seat in iOn the Waterfronti giving his I could'a been a contender speech. Meg Ryan's fake orgasm in Katz's Deli in iWhen Harry Met Sallyi with the climactic punch line I'll have what she's having. In iSuperbadi, Jonah Hill professing I love you to his friend Michael Cera by touching his nose with a boop. Great scenes will elevate your script from ho-hum to extraordinary--and from the slush pile to sellable. In iThe Craft of Scene Writingi, master screenwriter and writing teacher Jim Mercurio analyzes and systematizes the beats, conflicts, character moments, action, dialogue, and structure that create powerful scenes. Citing examples from scripts old and new, iThe Craft of Scene Writingi breaks down how great scenes rev