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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 256 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,687 ratings — published 2005
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 220 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,982 ratings — published 1997
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.99 — 9,004 ratings — published 1979
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,430 ratings — published 2007
The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Paperback)
by (shelved 88 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,951 ratings — published 1994
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,525 ratings — published 1992
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,378 ratings — published 1942
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 8,650 ratings — published 1983
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,647 ratings — published 2013
Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,329 ratings — published 1987
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,825 ratings — published 2007
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,813 ratings — published 2016
The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay (A Dell Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,454 ratings — published
Save the Cat! Strikes Back: More Trouble for Screenwriters to Get Into… and Out Of (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,290 ratings — published 2009
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 46,130 ratings — published 1949
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 37 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,316 ratings — published 2011
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 (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 631 ratings — published 1988
The Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 312 ratings — published 2010
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.34 — 326,258 ratings — published 2002
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,719 ratings — published -335
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 313 ratings — published 2004
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 833 ratings — published 1988
Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.81 — 377 ratings — published 1998
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.14 — 587 ratings — published 2008
Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.06 — 451 ratings — published 1994
How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 520 ratings — published 1999
Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.28 — 717 ratings — published 2005
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.84 — 642 ratings — published 2002
21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.24 — 226 ratings — published 2010
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,769 ratings — published 2016
Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.91 — 387 ratings — published 1994
The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.51 — 540 ratings — published 2005
Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 332 ratings — published 2010
Psychology for Screenwriters (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.93 — 435 ratings — published 2004
The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.15 — 427 ratings — published 2016
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.88 — 480 ratings — published 2001
The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.92 — 229 ratings — published 2003
Writing the TV Drama Series: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.06 — 498 ratings — published 2005
The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 415 ratings — published 1993
The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.24 — 925 ratings — published 2013
Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.71 — 92 ratings — published 1989
The TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach To Television Scripts (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.11 — 424 ratings — published 2007
Creating Unforgettable Characters: A Practical Guide to Character Development in Films, TV Series, Advertisements, Novels & Short Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.76 — 621 ratings — published 1990
The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.24 — 588 ratings — published 2018
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.45 — 504 ratings — published 2006
Screenwriting for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.74 — 359 ratings — published 2003
Cut to the Chase: Writing Feature Films with the Pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.39 — 131 ratings — published 2013
Making Movies (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,589 ratings — published 1995
On Directing Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,127 ratings — published 1991
Anatomy of Genres (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 644 ratings — published 2022
“…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.”
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
― 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.”
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
