Book excerpt: Learn screenwriting by deconstructing the movies you love! It’s fun and, with ScripTipps screenplay study guides, it’s easy! ScripTipps help aspiring screenwriters learn the craft of screenwriting through in-depth analyses of select screenplays that exhibit excellence in story structure, character development, and scene construction. Each ScripTipps ebook analyzes one movie and its story and screenplay in full, scene by scene, from beginning to middle to end, gleaning useful and practical screenwriting tips along the way. In 2007, before Seth Rogen KNOCKED UP Katherine Heigl and high-schooler JUNO earmarked her unwanted baby for adoption, another unplanned pregnancy movie had sparked a bidding war at Sundance. Written and directed by indie actress Adrienne Shelly, the endearing comedy about an unhappily-wed pie wizard is currently on its way to becoming a Broadway musical. ScripTipps serves an extra helping of WAITRESS as it examines the delicious screenplay to uncover its creamy screenwriting recipe secrets. NOTE: This ebook does NOT include the actual screenplay being discussed. ALSO AVAILABLE: ScripTipps: Arrested Development ScripTipps: Bridesmaids ScripTipps: Carrie (1976) ScripTipps: The Descendants ScripTipps: The Fault in Our Stars ScripTipps: The Hangover ScripTipps: Sleepy Hollow ScripTipps: Star Trek (2009) ScripTipps: Superman & Superman II COMING SOON: ScripTipps: Breaking Bad ScripTipps: Community