Characteristics of eminent screenwriters: Who are those guys?

The Psychology of Creative Writing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 57-79

  Pritzker, Steven R ^a   McGarva, David Jung ^a  

^a SAYBROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511627101.006     Document Type: Chapter

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