Kill the Dog

The First Book on Screenwriting to Tell You the Truth

By: Paul Guyot

Narrated by: Paul Guyot

Kill the Dog is the first book on screenwriting written by an actual working professional screenwriter. Award-winning screenwriter Paul Guyot exposes the lies other screenwriting books have told, and presents authentic, essential instruction and motivation for anyone wanting a career as a professional screenwriter. This book provides all the answers, from what producers and studios actually want, to what makes one screenplay better than another, to why so many have been doing it wrong for so long. The author takes us inside the exclusive members-only world of professional screenwriters, from television writers rooms to meetings with producers and studio executives, to facts about formatting, structure, craft, art, and voice.

Every aspect of screenwriting is covered with an authority and credibility never seen in any book to come before. Told with honesty, humor, and vulnerability from the real-world perspective of a working, professional screenwriter, Kill the Dog reveals the secrets of what it takes to have a successful career as a Hollywood screenwriter.

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Truth shall set you free

Must read for screenwriters especially aspiring ones. Informational, impactful and motivating. Guyot bravely lifts the curtain as a true screenwriting professional

Experienced wisdom full these pages

This book spoke to me in a way that few others have. After consuming numerous books on the subject I found myself feeling a bit overwhelmed. Kill the Dog eliminated the barrier and after reading it I wrote my first scene. My thanks to Paul Guyot!

This Book puts Save the Cat in the Pet Sematary

Motivating book and great Narration. I’ve read them all and none of them give the insight Kill the Dog does.

Pivotal

The advice and direction of this book has totally changed my mind on screenwriting - for the better.

I'm growing accustomed to listening to a lot of material, if the author chooses to be the voice of the book, that's another layer to material in my opinion.

I enjoyed listening to the voice of Mr. Guyot, it reminds me of Peter Parker - the original Spider-Man of course.

Like going on a ride along

I really enjoyed listening to this book. It was nice to be able to tag along with his writing process. There was one thing I would have like to see different. The book seemed to be more focused on the people that have read the other screen writing books. For someone that has not read or listened to those other books it would been nice to have a brief chapter on screen writing basics. So when you say certain screen writing phrases I didn’t have to look them up. Otherwise I loved the listen!