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The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
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The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
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Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
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Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy
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Paula Finn (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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The Secrets of Action Screenwriting: From "Popeye Points" to "Rug Pulls"
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The Scream Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps
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Thomas Fenton (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Screenplay Competitions: Tools and Insights to Help You Choose the Best Screenwriting Contests for You and Your Script
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Ann Marie Williams (Goodreads Author)
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Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
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Daniel P. Calvisi (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 198 ratings
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Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Movies That Get Made
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Alex Epstein (Goodreads Author)
3.85 avg rating — 120 ratings
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Screenplay Story Analysis
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Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End
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How To Write High Structure, High Concept Movies
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Rob Tobin (Goodreads Author)
3.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
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Which Lie Did I Tell?: More Adventures in the Screen Trade
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Writing & Selling Crime Film Screenplays
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Karen Lee Street (Goodreads Author)
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Write What You Don't Know: An Accessible Manual for Screenwriters
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4.12 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories
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Peter Hanson (Editor)
3.84 avg rating — 286 ratings
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The Art Of Creative Writing
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
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Screen Plays: How 25 Scripts Made It to a Theater Near You—for Better or Worse
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3.66 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Conversations with Wilder
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Experimental Filmmaking: BREAK THE MACHINE
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How I Made A Hundred Movies In Hollywood
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Blockbusters: Hit-making, Risk-taking, and the Big Business of Entertainment
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Anita Elberse (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 829 ratings
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Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
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Moviemakers' Master Class: Private Lessons from the World's Foremost Directors
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Laurent Tirard (Editor)
4.14 avg rating — 1,170 ratings
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Making Movies
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The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever
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Alan Sepinwall (Goodreads Author)
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Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad
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Brett Martin (Goodreads Author)
3.84 avg rating — 3,520 ratings
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Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs
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Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization
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3.84 avg rating — 628 ratings
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The Complete Book of Scriptwriting
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TV Showrunner's Road Map: 21 Navigational Routes to Creating- And Sustaining- Your TV Series, The: 21 Navigational Tips for Screenwriters to Create an
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4.04 avg rating — 159 ratings
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The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
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Erik Bork (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 567 ratings
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The Hero's 2 Journeys (3 Audio CDs Seminar)
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4.39 avg rating — 238 ratings
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Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read
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3.91 avg rating — 274 ratings
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch
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Inside the Room: Writing Television with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program
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3.93 avg rating — 123 ratings
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The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny
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Steve Kaplan (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 884 ratings
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The Story Solution: 23 Actions All Great Heroes Must Take
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And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers on their Craft and the Industry
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The Art of Screen Adaptation: Top Writers Reveal Their Craft
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Alistair Owen (Goodreads Author)
4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Creative Screenwriter: 12 Rules to Follow—and Break—to Unlock Your Screenwriting Potential
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Now Write! Screenwriting: Screenwriting Exercises from Today's Best Writers and Teachers
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Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate
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Brian McDonald (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 1,511 ratings
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Write to TV: Out of Your Head and onto the Screen
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4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Four Screenplays with Essays: Marathon Man - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - The Princess Bride - Misery
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4.35 avg rating — 341 ratings
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Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
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Tinderbox: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers
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James Andrew Miller (Goodreads Author)
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You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom
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The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
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Television Development: How Hollywood Creates New TV Series
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Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever
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Nick de Semlyen (Goodreads Author)
4.06 avg rating — 3,136 ratings
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Written by Salim-Javed: The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters
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Diptakirti Chaudhuri (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 230 ratings
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The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies
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Ben Fritz (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 2,215 ratings
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Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists
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Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV
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The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories
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Frank Rose (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 972 ratings
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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TV Writing On Demand: Creating Great Content in the Digital Era
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TV Outside the Box: Trailblazing in the Digital Television Revolution
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The Executive Chair: A Writer’s Guide to TV Series Development
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Kelly Edwards (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 54 ratings
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The Art of Adaptation
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Linda Seger (Goodreads Author)
3.68 avg rating — 197 ratings
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The TV Showrunner's Roadmap: Creating Great Television in an On Demand World
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The Smoking Gun: True Tales from Hollywood's Screenwriting Trenches
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Doug Richardson (Goodreads Author)
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