Recommended Books
Poetics
by Aristotle
Poetics of Cinema
by David Bordwell
Film Art: An Introduction with Tutorial CD-ROM
The Screenwriters Legal Guide
by Stephen F. Breimer, Esq.
The Name Above the Title
by Frank Capra
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Joseph Campbell
Penguin Dictionary of Symbols
by Jean Chevalier
Playwrights on Playwriting: From Ibsen to Ionesco
by Toby Cole
The Story of Film: A Worldwide History of Film
by Mark Cousins
Writing with Hitchcock
by Steven DeRosa
Ultimate Visual Dictionary
by DK Publishing
Cinema Now
by Paul Duncan
Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot
by Peter Dunne
The Art Of Dramatic Writing
by Lajos Egri
Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made
by Alex Epstein
The Foundations of Screenwriting
by Syd Field
The Screenwriter's Problem Solver
Going to the Movies: A Personal Journey
Masters of the Drama
by John Gassner
How NOT to Write a Screenplay
by Denny Martin Flinn
The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock
by David Freeman
Defining Moments in Movies
Edited by Chris Fujiwara
Adventure in the Screen Trade
by William Goldman
Which Lie Did I Tell?
The Big Book Of Filth: 6500 Sex Slang Words and Phrases
by Jonathon Green
The Big Book of Being Rude: 7000 Slang Insults
The Big Book of Bodily Functions: 4500 Words for Bodily Functions
Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
by Constance Hale
Comedy Writing Secrets
by Mel Helitzer
American Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
by Lewis Herman
Foreign Dialects: A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters
by Karl Iglesias
Writing for Emotional Impact
On Writing
by Stephen King
Breakfast with Sharks
by Michael Lent
Story: Substance, Structure, Style & Principles of Screenwriting
by Robert McKee
Writing the Romantic Comedy
by Billy Mernit
What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting
by Marc Norman
Setting up your Scenes
by Richard D. Pepperman
Spunk & Bite: A Writer's Guide to Bold, Contemporary Style
by Arthur Plotnik
Story Structure Architect
by Victoria Lynn Schmidt
The Art of Adaptation
by Linda Seger
Creating Unforgettable Characters
Making a Good Script Great
The F-Word
by Jesse Sheidlower
Cinematic Storytelling
by Jennifer van Sijll
Save the Cat!
By Blake Snyder
20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
by Ronald Tobias
Hitchcock
by Francois Trauffaut
The Screenwriters Bible
by Dave Trottier
The Writer Got Screwed (but didnt have to)
by Brooke A. Wharton
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