Sa trip to Quiapo ay ibinabahagi ni Ricky lahat ng kanyang natutunan sa loob ng maraming taong pagsusulat ng script sa pelikula sa TV, pagtuturo ng scriptwriting sa UP at Ateneo, at pagku-conduct ng libreng scriptwriting workshops mula pa noong 1982. Karamihan sa mga kilalang pangalan ngayon sa pelikula at sa TV ay nagsimula sa kanyang mga workshop. Step-by-step na ipinakikita sa librong ito ang pagsulat ng script, pormula man o alternatibo, mula concept hanggang final draft. Naririto rin ang iba't ibang payo at insight ng mahigit 60 scriptwriter, director at producer na ininterbyu para sa librong ito. Gayundin ang mga cartoon, komiks at illustration na ginawa nina Jess Abrera, Romy Buen, Beth Chionglo, Vincent Kua Jr., Topel Lee Roxlee, Nonoy Marcelo at Ely Buendia ng Eraserheads. Meron ding excerpts mula sa 18 product scripts, writing excercises, biography ng anim na screenplays, guide para sa evaluation ng scripts, anecdotes, tips sa pagsusulat at mahigit sandaang movie stills.
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Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. He has written more than 150 film screenplays since 1973, earning him more than 50 trophies from various award-giving bodies, including a 2003 Natatanging Gawad Urian Lifetime Achievement Award from the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Filipino Film Critics). As a screenwriter, he has worked with many Filipino film directors, most notably with Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films have been screened in the international film festival circuit in Cannes, Toronto, Berlin, among others.
