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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.01 — 22,306 ratings — published 2005
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 221 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,759 ratings — published 1997
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,890 ratings — published 1979
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,322 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 — 1,949 ratings — published 1994
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,465 ratings — published 1992
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,342 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 — 8,521 ratings — published 1983
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.18 — 4,578 ratings — published 2013
Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,325 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 — 1,811 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 — 1,286 ratings — published 2009
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,780 ratings — published 2016
The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 45,664 ratings — published 1949
The Screenwriter's Workbook: Exercises and Step-by-Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay (A Dell Trade Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,424 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 37 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.95 — 2,309 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 37 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 629 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 — 311 ratings — published 2010
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.34 — 322,506 ratings — published 2000
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 30,156 ratings — published -335
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 830 ratings — published 1988
Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 374 ratings — published 1998
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 308 ratings — published 2004
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.14 — 585 ratings — published 2008
How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 519 ratings — published 1999
Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay: Thelma & Louise, Terminator 2, The Silence of the Lambs, and Dances with Wolves (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.05 — 441 ratings — published 1994
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 — 712 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 3.83 — 639 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 — 222 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 — 3,709 ratings — published 2016
Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 331 ratings — published 2010
The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.51 — 537 ratings — published 2005
Psychology for Screenwriters (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.93 — 432 ratings — published 2004
Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.90 — 384 ratings — published 1994
The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.16 — 419 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 — 477 ratings — published 2001
The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.92 — 226 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 4.05 — 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 3.83 — 412 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 — 912 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 — 421 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 — 583 ratings — published 2018
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.44 — 499 ratings — published 2006
Screenwriting for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.74 — 359 ratings — published 2003
Making Movies (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.29 — 10,343 ratings — published 1995
On Directing Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,094 ratings — published 1991
Anatomy of Genres (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.21 — 619 ratings — published 2022
The Power of Myth (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.26 — 54,181 ratings — published 1988
“Plot is a by-product of Character.”
― ANATOMY OF A SCREENPLAY THIRD EDITION
― ANATOMY OF A SCREENPLAY THIRD EDITION
“Three-dimensional characters…do change; their purchase is deeper. They have both a want and a need, and they are not necessarily the same thing.”
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
