I was supposed to raise the price on June 1, but forgot and just let it ride. But I'll probably raise it on July 1st (Friday) so this is the last chance to get it at $2 off.
LAST TWO DAYS TO GET IT AT DISCOUNT PRICE!
But, you already bought your copy! What can you do? You aren't going to buy a second copy just so I can Beat The Cat!
Of course not - but you can tell your writer and film fan friends about the book - and how Thursday is the last chance to get it at $2 off. You can go on social media like FB and Twitter and Linkedin and Google Plus (does that still exist) and MySpace (ditto) and whatever message boards or biker bars you frequent and let them in on the $2 off deal that's probably over Thursday (I'll probably actually raise the price Friday afternoon, but I want to beat the Cat on Thursday, right?) The great thing about telling all of your writer friends about the book? Doesn't cost you a cent!
Let's call this the Official Launch Party, with party hats and noise makers and clowns and balloons and... Okay, you have to provide all of those things yourself. On Thursday I will be wearing a party hat and I've hired a clown just to follow me around. So from now until the end of the month the book is $2 off! That's 2 days. Thank you to everyone who has bought the book, and everyone who helps with this Beat The Cat Thursday Promotion!
HITCHCOCK: MASTERING SUSPENSE
Alfred Hitchcock, who directed 52 movies, was known as the “Master Of Suspense”; but what exactly is suspense and how can *we* master it? How does suspense work? How can *we* create “Hitchcockian” suspense scenes in our screenplays, novels, stories and films?
This book uses seventeen of Hitchcock’s films to show the difference between suspense and surprise, how to use “focus objects” to create suspense, the 20 iconic suspense scenes and situations, how plot twists work, using secrets for suspense, how to use Dread (the cousin of suspense) in horror stories, and dozens of other amazing storytelling lessons. From classics like “Strangers On A Train” and “The Birds” and “Vertigo” and “To Catch A Thief” to older films from the British period like “The 39 Steps” and “The Man Who Knew Too Much” to his hits from the silent era like “The Lodger” (about Jack The Ripper), we’ll look at all of the techniques to create suspense!
Films Included: NOTORIOUS, SABOTAGE, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, THE 39 STEPS, REBECCA, TO CATCH A THIEF, FRENZY, FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, THE LODGER, THE BIRDS, TORN CURTAIN, SABOTEUR, VERTIGO, THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1934), THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1955), SUSPICION, and NUMBER SEVENTEEN. 17 Great Films!
Only 125,000 words!
July Price: $5.99
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- Bill
Of course, my first book on Hitchcock...
HITCHCOCK: EXPERIMENTS IN TERROR
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HITCHCOCK DID IT FIRST!
We all know that Alfred Hitchcock was the Master Of Suspense, but did you know he was the most *experimental* filmmaker in history?
Contained Thrillers like “Buried”? Serial Protagonists like “Place Beyond The Pines”? Multiple Connecting Stories like “Pulp Fiction”? Same Story Multiple Times like “Run, Lola, Run”? This book focuses on 18 of Hitchcock’s 53 films with wild cinema and story experiments which paved the way for modern films. Almost one hundred different experiments that you may think are recent cinema or story inventions... but some date back to Hitchcock’s *silent* films! We’ll examine these experiments and how they work. Great for film makers, screenwriters, film fans, producers and directors.
Films Examined: “Rear Window”, “Psycho”, “Family Plot”, “Topaz”, “Rope”, “The Wrong Man”, “Easy Virtue”, “Lifeboat”, “Bon Voyage”, “Aventure Malgache”, “Elstree Calling”, “Dial M for Murder”, “Stage Fright”, “Champagne”, “Spellbound”, “I Confess”, and “The Trouble with Harry”, with glances at “Vertigo” and several others.
Professional screenwriter William C. Martell takes you into the world of The Master Of Suspense and shows you the daring experiments that changed cinema. Over 77,000 words.
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Bill
1 comment:
This is the Hitchcock book that I was waiting for. I bought mine. By the way Mr. Martell, your interviews on Youtube are getting a lot of positive feedback. Great work as always.
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