best screenwriting books

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The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script
The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script 4.19 avg rating — 1,930 ratings
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The Anatomy of Story
The Anatomy of Story 4.25 avg rating — 7,031 ratings
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating — 21,037 ratings
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The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design
The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design 3.61 avg rating — 343 ratings
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Poetics
Poetics
by: Aristotle
3.83 avg rating — 28,478 ratings
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Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays
Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays 4.27 avg rating — 48 ratings
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21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films
21st-Century Screenplay: A Comprehensive Guide to Writing Tomorrow's Films 4.24 avg rating — 211 ratings
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Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting Paperback – November 29, 2005
by: Syd Field
3.99 avg rating — 8,541 ratings
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The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God!
The Devil's Guide to Hollywood: The Screenwriter as God! 3.63 avg rating — 410 ratings
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How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make
How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make 3.83 avg rating — 519 ratings
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Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told
Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,773 ratings
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Screenwriting for Teens: The 100 Principles of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know
Screenwriting for Teens: The 100 Principles of Screenwriting Every Budding Writer Must Know 4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Crafting the Character ARC
Crafting the Character ARC 4.29 avg rating — 62 ratings
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What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood
What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood 4.18 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Screenwriting Unchained: Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure
Screenwriting Unchained: Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure 4.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting
Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Scream Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps
The Scream Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Terrifying Screenplay in 10 Bloody Steps 3.73 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy
Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear, and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy 4.39 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Screenplay Competitions: Tools and Insights to Help You Choose the Best Screenwriting Contests for You and Your Script
Screenplay Competitions: Tools and Insights to Help You Choose the Best Screenwriting Contests for You and Your Script it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hallmark! Writing a Made-for-TV Christmas Movie: The Unofficial Guide
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Hallmark! Writing a Made-for-TV Christmas Movie: The Unofficial Guide 4.66 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Story Structure Architect
Story Structure Architect 3.83 avg rating — 886 ratings
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Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End
Writing for Emotional Impact: Advanced Dramatic Techniques to Attract, Engage, and Fascinate the Reader from Beginning to End 4.27 avg rating — 687 ratings
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The Joke's On You: How to Write Comedy
The Joke's On You: How to Write Comedy 3.56 avg rating — 43 ratings
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Careers in Writing
Careers in Writing 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter
Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale - The Final Chapter 4.51 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
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Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making 4.24 avg rating — 1,837 ratings
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Hello, He Lied and Other Tales from the Hollywood Trenches
Hello, He Lied and Other Tales from the Hollywood Trenches 3.60 avg rating — 427 ratings
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The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives 4.18 avg rating — 3,224 ratings
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The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers
The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers 3.87 avg rating — 475 ratings
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How to Write a Movie in 21 Days
How to Write a Movie in 21 Days
by: Viki King
3.81 avg rating — 813 ratings
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Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations
Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations 3.46 avg rating — 214 ratings
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Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry
Writing Treatments That Sell: How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry 3.71 avg rating — 129 ratings
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The Starter Screenplay: Client Edition
The Starter Screenplay: Client Edition 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write
A Writer's Time: Making the Time to Write 4.02 avg rating — 226 ratings
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Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach
Screenwriting: The Sequence Approach 4.13 avg rating — 299 ratings
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Screenwriters on Screenwriting
Screenwriters on Screenwriting 3.54 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Writing the Romantic Comedy
Writing the Romantic Comedy 4.03 avg rating — 187 ratings
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Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great
Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make It Great 4.15 avg rating — 576 ratings
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Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business 3.49 avg rating — 1,183 ratings
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Bill Idelson's Writing Class
Bill Idelson's Writing Class 4.21 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player 4.18 avg rating — 5,314 ratings
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On Directing Film
On Directing Film 3.81 avg rating — 3,965 ratings
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Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting
Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting 4.12 avg rating — 8,201 ratings
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Making Movies
Making Movies 4.29 avg rating — 9,516 ratings
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Screen-Writing Tricks of the Trade
Screen-Writing Tricks of the Trade 3.75 avg rating — 65 ratings
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Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories
Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories 3.85 avg rating — 284 ratings
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Screenwriting Tips, You Hack
Screenwriting Tips, You Hack 4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings
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The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide
The Comedy Bible: From Stand-up to Sitcom--The Comedy Writer's Ultimate "How To" Guide 3.84 avg rating — 731 ratings
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The Power of Film
The Power of Film 4.11 avg rating — 237 ratings
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The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition
The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition 4.10 avg rating — 10,249 ratings
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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
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 4.13 avg rating — 606 ratings
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Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate
Invisible Ink: A Practical Guide to Building Stories That Resonate 4.38 avg rating — 1,503 ratings