 | The 90-Minute Effect: How We Shape Our Lives by the Hollywood Formula and Rarely Reach Our Own Happy Endings by Eric Robert Morse
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $27.91 A mind-blowing theory on poetics.
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 | Poetics (Penguin Classics) by Aristotle
Buy new: $7.67 / Used from: $5.00 The father of poetics.
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 | The Act of Creation (Arkana) by Arthur Koestler
Buy used from: $38.98 Excellent concepts on what is known today as 'creativity.'
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 | Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert Mckee
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $18.68 A brilliant guide to writing a good story.
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 | The Hero's 2 Journeys by Michael Hauge
Buy new: $29.95 / Used from: $29.90 A great guide to the mechanics of storytelling, especially for screenwriters.
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 | Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.88 Solid foundation.
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 | The Golden Age of Cinema: Hollywood, 1929-1945 by Richard Jewell
Buy new: $25.38 / Used from: $23.57 Brilliant.
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 | Hollywood Economics: How extreme uncertainty shapes the film industry (Contemporary Politicaleconomy) by Arthur De Vany
Buy new: $55.25 / Used from: $43.89 Haven't read it, but it looks fascinating.
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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: $13.98 Sure.
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 | Psychology for Screenwriters by William Indick
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $10.47 Gets to the meat of the art, like the 90-Minute Effect.
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 | The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
Buy new: $18.96 / Used from: $13.85 A classic in the dramatic arts.
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 | The Cinema Effect by Sean Cubitt
Buy new: $28.00 / Used from: $19.68 Very intriguing!
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 | Plot & Structure: (Techniques And Exercises For Crafting A Plot That Grips Readers From Start To Finish) (Write Great Fiction) by James Scott Bell
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $7.90 Great primer for plot and structure.
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 | The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition) by Annette Simmons
Buy new: $11.84 / Used from: $6.78 A great overview.
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 | The Aesthetics and Psychology of the Cinema (The Society for Cinema Studies Translation Series) by Jean Mitry
Buy new: $19.46 / Used from: $12.49 Solid.
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 | Positive Psychology At The Movies: Using Films to Build Virtues and Character Strengths by Ryan M. Niemiec
Buy new: $44.10 / Used from: $41.64 A very interesting concept, similar to the 90-Minute Effect.
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 | Teen Dreams: Reading Teen Film and Television from 'Heathers' to 'Veronica Mars' by Roz Kaveney
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $4.95 Have it, yep.
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 | Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science, , 2nd Edition by Paul Thagard
Buy new: $22.24 / Used from: $11.00 Gets to the bottom with a few references to storytelling.
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 | The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Bollingen Series) by Joseph Campbell
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $10.00 A classic treatise.
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