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The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Fourth Edition) by David Trottier. Includes industry-approved formatting guide, a workbook, clear writing advice, a practical marketing section, a spec style guide, and a generous list of resources (including contests). Strongly recommended by agents and industry insiders. CLICK HERE FOR AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY of Fourth Edition. |
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Dr. Format Answers Your Questions (Revised edition). A thoroughly updated collection of all of Dave Trottier's columns (1997 through 2008). Dave answers hundreds of questions questions with a humorous flair. Contains 230 pages plus a thorough index. CLICK HERE FOR AN AUTOGRAPHED COPY. |
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The Script is Finished, Now What Do I Do? (4th Edition) by K Callan. An excellent guide to navigating the business and marketing side of screenwriting. |
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Making a Good Script Great (2nd Edition) by Linda Seger. Especially helpful if you are revising your script. Guides you through the principles that will transform your caterpillar into a butterfly. Useful tips from one of Hollywood's foremost script consultants. Also, try the new Making a Good Writer Great, Advanced Screenwriting, Creating Unforgetable Characters, and The Art of Adaptation. |
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Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read by Michael Hauge. |
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The TV Writers Workbook by Ellen Sandler. |
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The Writer's Journey (3rd Edition) By Christopher Vogler. Became standard reading for Hollywood development executives. The best book there is on "the hero's journey" and how to strengthen your work using the "mythic structure." |
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The Writer Got Screwed (But Didn't Have To) by Brooke A. Wharton. More frightening than the movie Scream! An entertainment attorney tells you how to protect yourself and your work on the mean streets of Hollywood. Savvy and practical. |
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Writing Screenplays That Sell by Michael Hauge. This is a complete step-by-step guide for writing and selling to the movie and TV industry, from story concept to development deal. |
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Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc by Dara Marks. |
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The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri. Every writer should own this inexpensive classic, the mother of all screenwriting books. Written years ago for playwrights, it excels in teaching character development, character growth, theme, plot and conflict. A must! |
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Real Screenwriting: Strategies and Stories From the Trenches by Ron Suppa. |
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Save the Cat by Blake Snyder. |
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Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias. |
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How Not to Write a Screenplay by Denny Martin Flinn. Let this experienced reader tell you what not to do. He details the common rookie mistakes. |
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500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend by Jennifer Lerch. The title says it all. |
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