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Looking for read-alikes for Screenwriting For Dummies by Laura Schellhardt? These 24 titles overlap in Screenwriting, Film, Performing Arts, and Music and overall literary texture.

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A Quick Guide to Screenwriting — Ray Morton

A Quick Guide to Screenwriting

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The Letters Of Giacomo Puccini Mainly Connected With The Composition And Production Of His Operas

Giacomo Puccini

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Writing for Film and Television — Stewart Bronfeld

Writing for Film and Television

Stewart Bronfeld

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

On Directing Film — David Mamet

On Directing Film

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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

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How To Write A Screenplay In 30 Days Or Less — Ronald Farnham

How To Write A Screenplay In 30 Days Or Less

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial from Concept to Classic The Illustrated Story of the Film and the Filmmakers, 30th Anniversary Edition — Steven Spielberg

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial from Concept to Classic The Illustrated Story of the Film and the Filmmakers, 30th Anniversary Edition

Steven Spielberg

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

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

The Writer’s Journey Mythic Structure for Writers

Christopher Vogler

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling — Patti Bellantoni

If It’s Purple, Someone’s Gonna Die The Power of Color in Visual Storytelling

Patti Bellantoni

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Becoming an Actor’s Director Directing Actors for Film and Television — Regge Life

Becoming an Actor’s Director Directing Actors for Film and Television

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Dalton Trumbo Blacklisted Hollywood Radical — Larry Ceplair

Dalton Trumbo Blacklisted Hollywood Radical

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

The Comedy Bible From Stand-up to Sitcom–The Comedy Writer’s Ultimate “How To” Guide — Judy Carter

The Comedy Bible From Stand-up to Sitcom–The Comedy Writer’s Ultimate “How To” Guide

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Scriptwriting for the Screen — Charlie Moritz

Scriptwriting for the Screen

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Screenwriting Unchained Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure — Emmanuel Oberg

Screenwriting Unchained Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Constructing Dialogue Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris — Mark Axelrod

Constructing Dialogue Screenwriting from Citizen Kane to Midnight in Paris

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution — Harry C. Box

Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Scream Writing A Comprehensive Guide to Writing the Horror Screenplay — Zack Long

Scream Writing A Comprehensive Guide to Writing the Horror Screenplay

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Secrets of Screen Directing The Tricks of the Trade — Patrick Tucker

Secrets of Screen Directing The Tricks of the Trade

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Abraham Polonsky Interviews — Abraham Polonsky

Abraham Polonsky Interviews

Abraham Polonsky

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

“Hello”, Lied the Agent And Other Bullshit You Hear as a Hollywood TV Writer — Ian Gurvitz

“Hello”, Lied the Agent And Other Bullshit You Hear as a Hollywood TV Writer

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

The X-Files: the Official Archives Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena — Paul Terry

The X-Files: the Official Archives Cryptids, Biological Anomalies, and Parapsychic Phenomena

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Global Scriptwriting — Ken Dancyger

Global Scriptwriting

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters Insider Secrets from Hollywood’s Top Writers — Karl Iglesias

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters Insider Secrets from Hollywood’s Top Writers

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

Adventures in the Screen Trade A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting — William Goldman

Adventures in the Screen Trade A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting

William Goldman

Themes: Screenwriting • Film • Performing Arts

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