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The Science of Storytelling Why Stories Make Us Human and How to Tell Them Better

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Into the Woods How Stories Work and why We Tell Them

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Screenplays How to Write and Sell Them

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Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay Or Novel Read

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting Aristotle and the Modern Scriptwriter — Brian Price

Classical Storytelling and Contemporary Screenwriting Aristotle and the Modern Scriptwriter

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Creativity and Copyright Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists — John L. Geiger

Creativity and Copyright Legal Essentials for Screenwriters and Creative Artists

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Dialogue The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage and Screen — Robert McKee

Dialogue The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage and Screen

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Writing Subtext What Lies Beneath — Linda Seger

Writing Subtext What Lies Beneath

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Your Storytelling Potential The Underground Guide to Finally Writing a Great Screenplay Or Novel — Mitchell German

Your Storytelling Potential The Underground Guide to Finally Writing a Great Screenplay Or Novel

Mitchell German

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Writer’s Handbook Guide to Writing for Stage and Screen — Barry Turner

The Writer’s Handbook Guide to Writing for Stage and Screen

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The Anatomy of Genres How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works — John Truby

The Anatomy of Genres How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Serious Guide to Joke Writing How to Say Something Funny about Anything — Sally Holloway

The Serious Guide to Joke Writing How to Say Something Funny about Anything

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Writer’s Partner 1001 Breakthrough Ideas to Stimulate Your Imagination — Martin Roth

The Writer’s Partner 1001 Breakthrough Ideas to Stimulate Your Imagination

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Screenplay Format Made (Stupidly) Easy Vol.4 of the Screenwriting Made (Stupidly) Easy Collection — Michael Rogan (Screenwriter)

Screenplay Format Made (Stupidly) Easy Vol.4 of the Screenwriting Made (Stupidly) Easy Collection

Michael Rogan (Screenwriter)

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Script is Finished, Now what Do I Do? The Scriptwriter’s Resource Book & Agent Guide — K. Callan

The Script is Finished, Now what Do I Do? The Scriptwriter’s Resource Book & Agent Guide — K. Callan

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter’s Agents — Skip Press

Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter’s Agents

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Rapid Story Development How to Use the Enneagram-Story Connection to Become a Master Storyteller — Jeff Lyons

Rapid Story Development How to Use the Enneagram-Story Connection to Become a Master Storyteller

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The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television — Julian Friedmann

The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television

Julian Friedmann

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need — Blake Snyder

Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Writer’s Journey Mythic Structure for Writers — Christopher Vogler

The Writer’s Journey Mythic Structure for Writers

Christopher Vogler

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

Writing for Film and Television — Stewart Bronfeld

Writing for Film and Television

Stewart Bronfeld

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

The Elements of Screenwriting A Guide for Film and Television Writers — Irwin R. Blacker

The Elements of Screenwriting A Guide for Film and Television Writers

Irwin R. Blacker

Themes: Screenwriting • Writing • Film

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