The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development

Abstract

The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development is a tome, contributing forty chapters that detail the diverse approaches to script development. Some may perceive script development to be something only conducted for fi ctional screenwriting, however the cross-disciplinary approach taken in this book demonstrates that script development occurs across many fi lm and screen formats, like documentary, unscripted television and virtual reality. Pedagogic approaches and ways to use script development in the higher education screenwriting classroom are included too. Some research insights are drawn from the screenwriters ’ lived experiences as well as script editors, producers, and script consultants. This collection demonstrates how to write up research conducted through screenwriting practice as well as research conducted within a more objective context. Qualitative approaches like ethnography and case study are used alongside fi rst-person research accounts that are framed through practice-led, practice-base or practice as research. space Script Development: Critical Creative Practices, International Perspectives (2021) well special issue for Journal of Screenwriting . As screenwriters and scholars, they know the area very well and have an impressive array of research accounts from fi fteen countries. Each chapter new contribution to knowledge within a appropriate academic literature, media production