 | Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting; A step-by-step guide from concept to finished script by Syd Field
Buy used from: $0.01 Start here; A good foundation, Q&As to help develop your idea before you begin to write.
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 | Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert Mckee
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $17.11 Each reading has given me insights into ways to improve my scripts. I now re-read before beginning a rewrite.
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 | Aristotle's Poetics (Dramabook,) by Aristotle
Buy new: $9.24 / Used from: $0.01 Good advice, even if it's a couple thousand years old...
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 | The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition by Christopher Vogler
Buy used from: $4.63 I always thought this guy was a paint-by-numbers hack-UNTIL I actually read this! Excellent book
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 | 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend by Jennifer Lerch
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $1.87 Good insight into how to look like you know what the heck you're doing
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 | Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay by Syd Field
Buy new: $9.50 / Used from: $2.72 Shows in detail WHY these four films work so well
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 | The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Script Series) by Frank Darabont
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $4.01 God bless Frank Darabont. Not only a great script, but storyboards and a play-by-play of story changes made in shooting and editing
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 | American Beauty: The Shooting Script (Newmarket Shooting Scripts) by Alan Ball
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $2.48 No bonuses like Shawshank; just a damn fine script you should read
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