{"product_id":"casablanca-blues-the-screenplay-paperback","title":"Casablanca Blues: The Screenplay - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTahir Shah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn image had rooted itself in my mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat of an ingenuous fresh-faced American arriving at Casablanca's airport at the start of a mid-life crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI could see him clearly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDressed in a crumpled old Burberry raincoat and fedora, he was a clone of Humphrey Bogart of Rick's Café Americain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach night before I drifted off to sleep, I allowed myself to imagine the adventures of the \u003cem\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/em\u003e-obsessed visitor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin a week or so I had an entire storyline planned out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrilling down into the dark side of Morocco's seething modern metropolis, it exposed the subculture of speakeasies, gangsters, corruption, and vice - a realm inspired by Hollywood's own take on Casablanca.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm a book writer through and through, but believe writers should experiment, and so try my hand at screenplays from time to time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting movies is the absolute opposite of creating novels. Book writing is all about lavishing one's readers with sumptuous descriptions, and developing a story through a long, dependable text. Screenwriting is a case of less definitely being more. It's the \u003cem\u003enouvelle cuisine\u003c\/em\u003e of the writing business. Use a single word more than is needed, and you're guilty of the most terrible crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy hope is that in publishing \u003cem\u003eCasablanca Blues: The Screenplay\u003c\/em\u003e, I'll encourage other writers to free themselves from the rigidity of a single genre... to question how they work, and what they work on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut, most of all, to remember to write for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49043196215545,"sku":"9781912383597","price":22.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Cb4ugEAGba9781912383597.webp?v=1789126322","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/casablanca-blues-the-screenplay-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}