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The following book is my personal recommendation, that I own, and frequently refer to for "reminders". Like all the books listed below, Scripters World is not endorsing you to buy, read, or check-out this book. I just wanted to mention it, because of the value it has given to me.

Teach Yourself Screenwriting - Raymond G Frensham 1996

Below is a list of books that the founder, Bob Gill, accumulated from discussions on the Wordplay forums back in November of 1998.   Scripters World is not endorsing these books nor are we recommending you read all of them.   Also, remember that thing called a Library?   They're here for your benefit.   The first few are Ted Elliot's (WORDPLAY) recommendation.

"The screenwriting must reads:

'Adventures in the Screen Trade' by William Goldman
'Story' by Robert McKee
'Screenplay' by Syd Field

Stuff that will make your screenwriting better:

Ergi - THE ART OF DRAMATIC WRITING
Stanislavski - AN ACTOR PREPARES
Gardner - THE ART OF FICTION

And books that make you think about the visual demands of movie storytelling:

Lumet - MAKING MOVIES
Truffault - HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAULT
Cook - HOWARD HAWKS STORYTELLER

Ted Elliot"

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Others Listed in Alphabetical Order:

"Adventures in the Screen Trade"
by William Goldman

"American Screenwriters"
by Karl Schanzer & Thomas Lee Wright

"Creating Unforgettable Characters"
by Linda Seger

"Four Screenplays"
by Syd Field

"Good Scripts, Bad Scripts" *(Wordplayers love it)
by Thomas Pope

"The Hero with a Thousand Faces"
by Joseph Campbell

"How To Write a Screenplay In 21 Days"
by Viki King

"Making a Good Script Great"
by Linda Seger

"The Making of Blade Runner"
by Paul M. Sammon

"Rebel Without a Crew"
by Robert Rodriguez

"Screenwriter looks at the New Screenwriter"
by Doug Froug

"The Screenwriter's Bible"
by David Trottier

"The Screenwriter's Workbook"
by Syd Field

"Screenwriting"
by Richard Walter

"Screenwriting 434"
by L. Hunter

"Screenwriting, The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing"
by Richard Walter

"Shooting To Kill"
by Christine Vachon [she takes unsolicited scripts, see book]

"Story"
by Robert McKee

"Successful Scriptwriting"
by J. Wolff & K. Cox

"The Tools of Screenwriting"
by D. Howard

"The Whole Picture"
by Richard Walter

"The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters"
by Christopher Vogler

"Writing Screenplays That Sell"
by Michael Hauge

"Writing the Character Centered Screenplay"
by Andrew Horton

"Zen and the Art of Screenwriting"
by Doug Froug

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Titles on legal issues:

"The Writer Got Screwed"
by B. Wharton.

"Thinking In Pictures"
by J. Sayles.

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Just about writing:

"The Artists Way - A Course..."
by Julia Cameron

"Becoming a Writer"
by Dorothea Brande

"The Idea Factory - A Guide to more Creative Thinking and Writing"
by Valerie Parv

"If You Want to Write - A Book About Art, Independance and Spirit"
by Brenda Ueland

"Writing Down the Bones - Freeing the Writer Within"
by Natalie Goldberg