1. What do you think Joseph Conrad is saying in his opening note to the reader?
2. Syd Field says that screenwriting is a craft that occasionally rises to the level of art. Respond to this quote. His tone, your opinion, examples.
3. How does Field define the essence of screenwriting, no matter how the technology changes around it? (Hint: its a single sentence from the Introduction).
4. He says, Ive learned there are two or here times during a lifetime when something happens that alters the course of that life. We meet someone, go somewhere, or do something weve never done before, and those moments are the possibilities that guide us to where were supposed to go and what were supposed to do with our lives. Have you had any of those moments?
5. Have you had someone in your life who has been a big influence the way Renoir was for Field?
6. What does Field say is the hardest part of writing? Do you agree?
7. What was it that Field was looking for when he was reading hundreds of scripts to consider for production? What made a script stand out? What did he discover are the elements to a good screenplay?

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