![Final Draft 7 Professional Scriptwriting [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41wz2nondIL._SL75_.jpg) | Final Draft 7 Professional Scriptwriting [OLD VERSION]
- Just get this program and you'll save a ton of formatting time (say no to Word Document Templates).
- Helps organize your scenes, add scriptnotes, collaborate with a writing partner, and use awesome shortcuts to add dialogue, slug lines, etc.
- I wish I bought this the 1st day I decided to write screenplays.
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 | Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
Buy new: $6.34 / Used from: $7.20 This is considered THE first book any screenwriter will need.
It covers the basics of structure, formatting, the history of screenwriting, etc.
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 | The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $12.50 |
 | Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert Mckee
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.30 I took this course in LA and it was extremely entertaining, informative, and mostly drove home the idea that STORY is the most important thing. You can't have a great movie based on a bad story, right?
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 | Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need by Blake Snyder
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.83 Buy it and be happy. It will fast-track you to a new common-sense apporach to screenwriting.
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 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series, No. 17) by Joseph Campbell
Buy used from: $1.65 This is the book that inspired Vogler. A must have for telling archetypal stories with universal themes.
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 | The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, 2nd Edition by Christopher Vogler
Buy used from: $2.68 This book will make you look at your screenplay and every movie you see in a whole different way. You'll start talking about False Mentors, Tricksters, and Threshhold Guardians at dinner parties.
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 | The 101 Habits Of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers by Karl Iglesias
Buy new: $9.20 / Used from: $6.49 This book will either make a million lightbulbs go off in your head OR it will reinforce your good habits. Either way, check out how some of the best working writers go about achieiving greatness.
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 | On Writing by Stephen King
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.54 Funny, dark and witty. It's an enjoyable read. Don't forgot the chapter on grammar. Priceless.
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 | Pitching to Sell: Engaging the Listener Emotionally
This DVD will help you structure your pitches so you don't waste an exec's time and so you sound like you know what you're doing. Who doesn't like that?
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