On Screenwriting - Author Direct Edition

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About the Book

On Screenwriting is a practical exploration of cinematic storytelling and the principles that make stories resonate on the screen.

Drawing on a lifetime of military service, filmmaking, screenwriting, and storytelling, Steven B. Newman approaches the screenplay not as a rigid set of rules, but as the architecture of emotion—a framework in which structure, character, visual storytelling, rhythm, and restraint work together to make the page come alive.

Written for aspiring screenwriters, filmmakers, directors, and storytellers, On Screenwriting combines practical guidance with philosophical insight. Newman examines not simply what works on the page, but why it works—and encourages writers to move beyond formulas toward an understanding of authentic cinematic storytelling.

At its heart is a simple idea:

The screenplay is architecture—a guide, not a mandate.

The writer builds the emotional and narrative structure, but cinema ultimately emerges through collaboration: actors bring humanity to characters, directors interpret moments, and the camera transforms words into experience.

On Screenwriting is about learning the craft well enough to recognize when the page has something that cannot easily be reduced to a rule—when the story simply has “It.”

Each Author-Direct Edition is prepared, authenticated, and personally signed in small batches by Origin Works.

Author: Steven B. Newman
Published by: Origin Works

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About the Author

Steven B. Newman is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, filmmaker, award-winning screenwriter, author, and founder of Origin Works.

Drawing on decades of leadership, filmmaking, screenwriting, and narrative development, Newman approaches storytelling as both craft and human endeavor. His work emphasizes emotional truth, visual storytelling, restraint, character, and the belief that great stories emerge not from rigidly following formulas, but from understanding the principles beneath them.

Through Origin Works, he continues to develop stories across film, publishing, and emerging forms of cinematic creation.

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Category: Screenwriting • Filmmaking • Storytelling