Considered a bestseller shortly after its release, to date it has sold millions of copies.

It has served as a reference for Judd Apatow, James Cameron, Frank Darabont, Tina Fey and many other professional screenwriters.

Now translated into more than a dozen languages, Screenplay is considered the "bible" of the screenwriting craft.

[2] At the heart of Field's explanation of how his screenplay model worked was the paradigm.

In Field's view, successful screenplays are made up of three distinct divisions.