Screenwriting


Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
Making a Good Script Great
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay (A Dell Trade Paperback)
Save the Cat! Strikes Back: More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get Into… and Out Of
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
All tales, then, are at some level a journey into the woods to find the missing part of us, to retrieve it and make ourselves whole. Storytelling is as simple - and complex - as that. That's the pattern. That's how we tell stories. ...more
John Yorke, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

Matthew  Perry
I was always bad at reading scripts. Back then, I’d be offered millions of dollars to do movies and barely crack the first few pages. I’m embarrassed to admit that now, given that these days I’m writing scripts myself and it’s like pulling teeth to get actors to respond. Maybe they feel how I used to feel: that in a life of fun and fame and money, reading a script, no matter the size of the number attached, feels all too much like school. The universe will teach you, though. All those years I w ...more
Matthew Perry, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

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