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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
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Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
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Blockbuster Plots Romance Writers Plot ebook
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Martha Alderson (Goodreads Author)
3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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Screenplay: Things You should Know BEFORE Writing Yours!
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The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
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The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance (On Writing and Self-Publishing a Book, #2)
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UK Soap Opera Script Writing Handbook
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150 Screenwriting Challenges
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1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts
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Ryan Andrew Kinder (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 414 ratings
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The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style
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On the Art of Writing Copy
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Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to the Movies and TV, from Story Concept to Development Deal
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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
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Howard Mittelmark (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 4,183 ratings
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Tied In: The Business, History and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing
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3.92 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
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4.17 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Worldbuilding: From Small Towns to Entire Universes (The Million Dollar Writing Series)
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Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!
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Write Up a Storm With the Polk Street School
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4.50 avg rating — 8 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 — 561 ratings
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The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay
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3.87 avg rating — 1,410 ratings
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Writing a Great Movie: Key Tools for Successful Screenwriting
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3.80 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
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4.10 avg rating — 10,303 ratings
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How to Write for Animation
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4.18 avg rating — 109 ratings
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The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hallmark! Writing a Made-for-TV Christmas Movie: The Unofficial Guide
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4.64 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Published.: The Proven Path From Blank Page to Published Author
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Chandler Bolt (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 732 ratings
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Rebel Writer's Workbook
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4.65 avg rating — 17 ratings
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How To Write A Novel In 6 Months
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Thomas Emson (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 180 ratings
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Writing Horror
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On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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4.23 avg rating — 30,463 ratings
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Slap Him with a Fish: A Crash Course in Fiction Writing
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Crystal Crawford (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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How to Write a Christian Dramatic Suspense Novel
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Krista Wagner (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
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How to Write Cheesy Movies: The Only Screenwriting Guide You'll Never Need!
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Frank Conniff (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Man, Oh Man! Writing M/M Fiction for Kinks & Cash
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Josh Lanyon (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 364 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 313,138 ratings
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