Bøker av Zachary Michael Jack

"A literary and political biography of the Gilded Age Minnesota congressman Ignatius Donnelly, bestselling populist author of nonfiction and fiction on topics ranging from Atlantis to Shakespearean ciphers to world-ending comets and popular revolutions"--

Tired of self-promoting gurus touting easy "secrets"? In On Script seasoned scriptwriter, author, and educator Zachary Michael Jack explains step-by-step how successful Creatives write, edit, pitch, polish, and produce dramatic work. Packed with authoritative commentary, prompts, and advice, On Script is the perfect read for emerging and established writers in the Digital Age. Part One, "The Process," covers the fundamentals of successful scripts staged from Broadway to low-budget Indie theatres. How does the writer mine personal experience to create compelling work? What habits consistently generate new material for production? How can stage dialogue and plot better reflect how we speak, move, and interact? How can AI and other emerging technologies be harnessed to inform original scripts? Part Two, "The Products," offers in-depth coverage of today's multimedia, multigenre landscape, from comedic monologues to multi-character plays, to teleplays, stage and screen literary adaptations, and sketches for radio and audio podcast. Part Two culminates with a hands-on workshop, analyzing scripts crafted by contemporary practitioners to detail the specific strengths that helped each reach production. On Script is the ideal handbook for dedicated writers seeking a virtuoso skillset and a deeper appreciation of the dramatic tradition, from Sophocles to sitcoms.

Tackles the dilemma dedicated writers have faced for generations: how to make words on the page as compelling as images on the screen. Perfect for film buffs and TV enthusiasts who want to improve their writing, this innovative handbook reveals how cinematics can transform syntactics.

In February 1913, firebrand activist "General" Rosalie Gardiner Jones mustered an army of equal rights activists and women demanding the right to vote and marched 250 miles from Manhattan to Washington, DC. The story of this indomitable woman shows a forgotten piece of the early women's rights movement in the United States.

Reveals the real heart and soul of the eldest Henry Wallace in his open letters to America's farm families and their children. This work features homespun tails that show that Wallace never lost sight of his roots even as he hobnobbed with US Presidents from Teddy Roosevelt to Woodrow Wilson, and anchored the prestigious Country Life Commission.

A one-time failed Division One golf walk-on, Zachary Michael Jack opts to stare down an early midlife crisis by chronicling a US Open year spent at Pebble Beach, site of the US's number one public course and its fairy-tale host town, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. There, along the blue Pacific, he traces the colorful, capricious, and comical world of golf on the Monterey Peninsula.