{"product_id":"fungi-other-stories-for-tom-sturges-9798896177784","title":"Fungi \u0026 Other Stories for the Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A tip from Lubitsch... Let the audience add up two plus two. They'll love you forever.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBilly Wilder in The Book of Lists\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nobody knows anything. Not one person in the entire motion picture field knows for a certainty what's going to work. Every time out it's a guess...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWilliam Goldman in Adventures in the Screen Trade\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"As important as premise, character, and even dialog - is the subject matter. Voltaire himself, the French wit and satirist, said that the success or failure of any dramatic work depends entirely on the choice of the subject. I agree. It is very difficult to write a really bad screenplay about a subject that is rich...and meaty.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreston Sturges in Last Night at the Algonquin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong before someone shouts, \"Lights, camera...Action!\" some other someone has to grind out several hundred pages (at least!) of scenes, stage directions, descriptions and dialogue in the hope of telling a compelling and remarkable story. Which must be full of characters rich with grit and purpose and foibles, who've set out on a journey certain to be waylaid by any number of dragons and pitfalls and unexpected interactions with fate. All this in pursuit of a truth, a speck of knowledge, a bit of learning known only to the writers and their secret hearts. The result is a screenplay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTom Sturges\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Sturges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798896177784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Newman Springs 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Tom Sturges","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49097334194431,"sku":"9798896177784","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fungi-other-stories-for-tom-sturges-9798896177784","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}