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Screenwriting Books
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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 — 17,525 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 — 8,402 ratings — published 1983
Making a Good Script Great (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.87 — 1,304 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 — 317,989 ratings — published 2000
Poetics (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as screenwriting)
avg rating 3.83 — 29,505 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 — 10,011 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 — 53,764 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
“This book won’t make you a better writer. No one book will. But as part of something bigger—the steady, solid, consistent thrum of practice; the belief that study and application are important; and perhaps above all the understanding that if a writer’s job is to explore truth, then the least they can do is first seek it out in their craft.”
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
― Into the Woods: A Five Act Journey Into Story
“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
