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Across Screenwriting, Television, Film, and Performing Arts — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Writing the Pilot by William Rabkin.

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How to Manage Your Agent A Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Representation

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing Techniques for TV & Film — Sam Billinge

The Practical Guide to Documentary Editing Techniques for TV & Film

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Guide for Every Screenwriter From Synopsis to Subplots: The Secrets of Screenwriting Revealed — Geoffrey D Calhoun

The Guide for Every Screenwriter From Synopsis to Subplots: The Secrets of Screenwriting Revealed

Geoffrey D Calhoun

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • 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 • Television • Film

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Revised Edition) The Inner Movie Method — Viki King

How to Write a Movie in 21 Days (Revised Edition) The Inner Movie Method

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Idea The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage Or Fiction — Erik Bork

The Idea The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage Or Fiction

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Creative Screenwriter 12 Rules to Follow—and Break—to Unlock Your Screenwriting Potential — Julian Hoxter

The Creative Screenwriter 12 Rules to Follow—and Break—to Unlock Your Screenwriting Potential

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Screenwriter’s Bible A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script — David Trottier

The Screenwriter’s Bible A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

Writing the Romantic Comedy The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen — Billy Mernit

Writing the Romantic Comedy The Art of Crafting Funny Love Stories for the Screen

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

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

The Insider’s Guide to Writing for Television

Julian Friedmann

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

The Complete Guide to Screenwriting for Children’s Film and Television — Motti Aviram

The Complete Guide to Screenwriting for Children’s Film and Television

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

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

Screenwriting Unchained Reclaim Your Creative Freedom and Master Story Structure

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect — Claudia Hunter Johnson

Crafting Short Screenplays that Connect

Claudia Hunter Johnson

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

Writing Subtext What Lies Beneath — Linda Seger

Writing Subtext What Lies Beneath

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

Sell Your Story to Hollywood Writer’s Pocket Guide to the Business of Show Business — Kenneth Atchity

Sell Your Story to Hollywood Writer’s Pocket Guide to the Business of Show Business

Kenneth Atchity

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

“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 • Television • Film

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

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

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

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

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

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • 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 • Television • 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 • Television • 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

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

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 • Television • Film

Writing a TV Movie An Insider’s Guide to Launching a Screenwriting Career — Roslyn Muir

Writing a TV Movie An Insider’s Guide to Launching a Screenwriting Career

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

Character Animation Crash Course! — Eric Goldberg

Character Animation Crash Course!

Themes: Screenwriting • Television • Film

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