Part one: Before you can be a screenwriter
1. Can writing be taught?
2. A word or two about the writer's life and the industry we love
5. What a screenplay isn't
Part two: The big picture: story structure
11. Snowplow, scene cards and scenograms
Part three: The small picture: scene writing
13. The components of scene writing
14. Tricks, techniques and stunning acts of legerdemain
Part four: "The Rees": research and rewriting
Part 5: Afterthoughts and additions
17. On writing the short film
18. Living your writing life.