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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (Paperback)
by (shelved 250 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.02 — 21,540 ratings — published 2005
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 17,376 ratings — published 1997
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005 (Paperback)
by (shelved 166 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.99 — 8,688 ratings — published 1979
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller (Hardcover)
by (shelved 102 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.25 — 7,145 ratings — published 2007
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.10 — 10,345 ratings — published 1992
The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,935 ratings — published 1994
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.18 — 3,266 ratings — published 1942
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 8,346 ratings — published 1983
Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,292 ratings — published 1987
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,792 ratings — published 2007
Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.19 — 4,426 ratings — published 2013
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 — 1,275 ratings — published 2009
The Hero With a Thousand Faces (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 44,725 ratings — published 1949
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 — 1,413 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 — 2,300 ratings — published 2011
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.34 — 315,189 ratings — published 2000
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 35 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 611 ratings — published 1988
The Coffee Break Screenwriter: Writing Your Script Ten Minutes at a Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.28 — 309 ratings — published 2010
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,728 ratings — published 2016
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,168 ratings — published -335
Screenwriters Problem Solver How To R (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 30 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 369 ratings — published 1998
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.81 — 823 ratings — published 1988
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.15 — 577 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 — 520 ratings — published 1999
21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.23 — 216 ratings — published 2010
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 — 431 ratings — published 1994
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 — 629 ratings — published 2002
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.13 — 302 ratings — published 2004
Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.27 — 698 ratings — published 2005
Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.91 — 383 ratings — published 1994
Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,627 ratings — published 2016
Essentials of Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business of Film and Television Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.12 — 329 ratings — published 2010
Psychology for Screenwriters (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.92 — 432 ratings — published 2004
The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.16 — 400 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 — 532 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 3.87 — 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 — 497 ratings — published 2005
The Definitive Guide to Screenwriting (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.93 — 226 ratings — published 2003
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 — 405 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 — 884 ratings — published 2013
Making Movies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.29 — 9,834 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 — 606 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 — 566 ratings — published 2018
Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 4.44 — 486 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 — 53,521 ratings — published 1988
On Directing Film (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,019 ratings — published 1991
Screenwriting for Dummies (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.73 — 357 ratings — published 2003
Alternative Scriptwriting: Successfully Breaking the Rules (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.82 — 148 ratings — published 1991
“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
“I think, because…well, I like the idea of coming up with a story that never existed before, but I don’t really want to be in charge. I don’t want to be famous. I guess I like the idea of sitting in the dark and knowing that I created the thing on screen, that it’s my story, but, like, no-one else has to know it was me. Does that make sense?”
― Life in Outer Space
― Life in Outer Space
