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
Directing Actors by Judith WestonIn the Blink of an Eye by Walter MurchOn Directing Film by David MametProducing and Directing the Short Film and Video by Peter W. ReaMaking Movies by Sidney Lumet
To Be A Filmmaker
32 books — 13 voters
She Went All the Way by Meg CabotTrue Grandeur by Cal R. BarnesIf the Boot Fits by Rebekah WeatherspoonAn Accidental Affair by Eric Jerome DickeyHis Brother's Secret by Debra Salonen
Screenwriters in Love
24 books — 6 voters

The Art and Craft of Screenwriting by Shelly FromeThe Secrets of Filming Swallows & Amazons by Sophie NevilleThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinFilm Directing Shot by Shot by Steven D. KatzActor for Life by Connie de Veer
Acting and Cinema
76 books — 81 voters
Story Like a Journalist by Amber RoyerScreenplay Competitions by Ann Marie  WilliamsWriting the Breakout Novel by Donald MaassThe Fire in Fiction by Donald MaassWriting the Breakout Novel Workbook by Donald Maass
WHY Writers Group Books on Writing
44 books — 3 voters


…following the conventions of form didn’t inhibit Beethoven, Mozart and Shostakovich. Even if you’re going to break rules (and why shouldn’t you?) you have to have a solid grounding in them first.
John Yorke, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

Simply put, five acts are generated by inserting two further act breaks in the second act of the traditional ‘Hollywood’ paradigm. The first and last acts remain identical in both forms.
John Yorke, Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story

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