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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 251 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,841 ratings — published 2005
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 211 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,524 ratings — published 1997
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005 (Paperback)
by (shelved 167 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,762 ratings — published 1979
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 103 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,222 ratings — published 2007
The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,944 ratings — published 1994
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,380 ratings — published 1992
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 76 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,298 ratings — published 1942
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,404 ratings — published 1983
Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,305 ratings — published 1987
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,481 ratings — published 2013
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 — 1,795 ratings — published 2007
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 — 1,276 ratings — published 2009
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 45,033 ratings — published 1949
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,753 ratings — published 2016
The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay (A Dell Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,420 ratings — published 1984
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 36 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,304 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 — 615 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 — 308 ratings — published 2010
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.34 — 318,001 ratings — published 2000
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,507 ratings — published -335
Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 30 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 371 ratings — published 1998
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 824 ratings — published 1988
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.15 — 579 ratings — published 2008
How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 521 ratings — published 1999
21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.24 — 216 ratings — published 2010
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 303 ratings — published 2004
Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.06 — 438 ratings — published 1994
Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 701 ratings — published 2005
Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters: Storytelling Secrets From the Greatest Mind in Western Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.84 — 631 ratings — published 2002
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 — 3,655 ratings — published 2016
Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.90 — 384 ratings — published 1994
Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 331 ratings — published 2010
Psychology for Screenwriters (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.93 — 431 ratings — published 2004
The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.16 — 403 ratings — published 2016
The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.50 — 531 ratings — published 2005
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.86 — 476 ratings — published 2001
Writing the TV Drama Series: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.05 — 499 ratings — published 2005
The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.94 — 226 ratings — published 2003
The Tools of Screenwriting: A Writer's Guide to the Craft and Elements of a Screenplay (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 407 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 — 886 ratings — published 2013
Making Movies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,013 ratings — published 1995
Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.68 — 92 ratings — published 1989
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 — 612 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 — 571 ratings — published 2018
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.45 — 488 ratings — published 2006
The TV Writer's Workbook: A Creative Approach To Television Scripts (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.11 — 418 ratings — published 2007
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.26 — 53,765 ratings — published 1988
Screenwriting for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.73 — 356 ratings — published 2003
On Directing Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,041 ratings — published 1991
Alternative Scriptwriting: Successfully Breaking the Rules (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 148 ratings — published 1991
“It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.”
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“Collaborating on a film script involves two people sitting in a room separated by the silence of two minds working together.”
― An Agoraphobic's Guide to Hollywood: How Michael Jackson Got Me Out of the House
― An Agoraphobic's Guide to Hollywood: How Michael Jackson Got Me Out of the House
