SCREENWRITING BIBLIOGRAPHY
Compiled with the assistance of Maya Jaacobi

Adams, Max. The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide. Warner Books, 2001.
Argentini, Paul. Elements of Style for Screenwriters. Lone Eagle, 1998.
Armer, Alan A. Writing the Screenplay. Wadsworth, 2nd edition 1993.
Aronson, Linda. Screenwriting Updated: New (and Conventional) Ways of Writing for the Screen. Silman-James Press, 2001.
Axelrod, Mark. Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting. Heinemann, 2001.

Ballenger, Bruce & Lane, Barry. Discovering the Writer Within. 1989.
Ballon, Rachel Friedman. Blueprint for Writing. 1994.
Bennett, Hal. How to Write With A Collaborator, 1988.
Berman, Robert A. Fade In: The Screenwriting Process. Michael Wiese Productions, 2nd edition 1988.
Blacker, Irwin R. The Elements of Screenwriting. Collier, 1988.
Blum, Rick. Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract. Focal Press, 3rd edition 1995.
Brady, Ben. Keys To Writing For Television and Film. 4th edition 1982.
Brady, Ben & Lance Lee. Understructure Of Writing For Film & Television. University of Texas, 1988.
Brady, John. The Craft of the Screenwriter. Simon and Schuster, 1981.
Brande, Dorothea. Becoming A Writer. 1981.
Breimer, Stephen F. The Screenwriter’s Legal Guide. Allworth, 2nd edition 1999.
Bronfeld, Stewart. Writing For Film and Television. 1981.
Buzzell, Linda. How To Make It In Hollywood. Harper, 1992.

Caldwell, Sara & Marie-Eve Kielson. So You Want To Be a Screenwriter. Allworth, 2000.
Callan, K. The Script Is finished, Now What Do I Do? Sweden Press, 2nd edition 1998.
Cannon, Doran William. Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively. Hannah House, 1993.
Coe, Michelle. How To Write For Television. 1980.
Cole/Haag. The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part I: The Screenplay. CMC Publishing, 1980. Revised edition 1983.
Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV. Arco / Prentice-Hall, 1994.
Coopersmith, Jerome. Professional Writer’s Teleplay/Screenplay Format. WGA, East, 1970.
Corliss, Richard. Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema 1927-1973. Overlook Press, 1974.
Corwin, Stanley J. The Creative Writer’s Companion: Selling Your Ideas for Movies, Books, Electronic Media, and More. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001.
Cousin, Michelle. Writing A Television Play. 1975.
Cowgill, Linda. Secrets of Screenplay Structure. Lone Eagle, 1998.

Dancyger, Ken & Jeff Rush. Alternative Scriptwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules. Focal press, 2nd edition, 1995.
Davis, Hadley. Development Girl. Doubleday, 1999.
De Abreu, Carlos & Howard Jay Smith. Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea. Custos Morum, 1995.
Dmytryk, Edward. On Screenwriting. 1985.
Dunne, John Gregory. Monster: Living Off the Big Screen. Random House, 1997.

Edmonds, Robert. Scriptwriting for the Audio-Visual Media. Teachers College Press, 1978.
Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing. Simon & Schuster / Touchstone, 1960. (1st edition 1946.)
Elwood, Maren. Characters Make Your Story. 1942.
Engel, Joel. Screenwriters on Screenwriting. Hyperion, 1995.
Engel, Joel. Oscar-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting. Hyperion, 2002.

Field, Syd. Screenplay. Dell Publishing, 1982.
Field, Syd. The Screenwriter’s Workbook; Exercises and Step by Step Instruction for Creating a Successful Screenplay. Dell Publishing, 1984.
Field, Syd. Selling A Screenplay: The Screenwriter’s Guide to Hollywood. Dell Publishing, 1989.
Field, Syd. Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. Dell Publishing, 3rd edition 1994
Field, Syd. Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay. Dell Publishing, 1994.
Field, Syd. The Screenwriter’s Problem Solver. Dell Publishing, 1998.
Flinn, Denny Martin. How Not to Write a Screenplay. Lone Eagle, 1999.
Franklin, Jon. Writing for Story. 1986.
Froug, William. Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade. Silman James Press, 1992.
Froug, William. The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter. Silman-James Press, 1991. (1st edition 1972.)
Froug, William. The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter. Silman-James Press, 1992.
Froug, William. Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade. Silman-James Press, 1992.
Froug, William. Zen and the Art of Screenwriting. Silman-James Press, 1996.

Gassner, John. Twenty Best Film Plays. Garland, 1977.
Geller, Stephen. Screenwriting. Bantam, 1985.
Gilles, D. B. The Screenwriter Within: How to Turn Your Head into a Salable Screenplay. Three Rivers Press, 2000.
Giustini, Rolando. The Filmscript : A Writer’s Guide. Englewood Cliffs, Prentice-Hall, 1980.
Goldman, William. Adventures In the Screen Trade. Warner, 1983.
Goldman, William. Which Lie Did I Tell? Pantheon, 2000.
Goodman, Evelyn. Writing Television & Motion Picture Scripts That Sell. 1982.

Halperin, Michael. Writing The Second Act: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Scripts. Michael Wiese Productions, 2000.
Hamilton, Ian. Writers in Hollywood 1915-1951. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991.
Harmon, Renee. Create the Suspense Film That Sells. Ciara Productions, 2000.
Harris, Erich Leon. African-American Screenwriters Now. 1996.
Hauge, Michael. Writing Screenplays That Sell. McGraw-Hill, 1988. HarperCollins, 1991.
Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Writing Scripts Hollywood Will Love. Allworth, 1994.
Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Selling Scripts Hollywood Will Love. Allworth, 1999.
Hicks, Neill D. Screenwriting 101. Michael Wiese Productions, 1999.
Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Action-Adventure Film. Michael Wiese Productions, 2002.
Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Thriller Film. Michael Wiese Productions, 2002.
Hilliard, Robert L. Writing for Television and Radio. Hastings House, 1981.
Horton, Andrew. Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay. University of California Press, 1994.
Howard, David & Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting. St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
Hunter, Lew. Lew Hunter’s Screenwriting 434. Perigee, 1993.

Iglasias, Karl. The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters. Adams Media, 2001.

Joseph, Eric. How to Enter Screenplay Contests… & Win! Ifilm Publishing, 2nd edition 2001.

Katahn, T.L. Reading For A Living. Blue Arrow, 1990.
Katz, Susan Bullington. Conversations with Screenwriters. Heinemann, 2000.
Kaufman, Millard. Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting. Really Great Books, 1999.
Keane, Christopher. How to Write a Selling Screenplay: A Step by Step Approach to Developing Your Story and Writing Your Screenplay. Broadway Books / Dell Publishing, 1998.
King, Viki. How To Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method. Harper and Row, 1988.
Kosberg, Robert with Mim Eichler. How To Sell Your Idea To Hollywood. Harper Perennial, 1991.
Kouguell, Susan. The Savvy Screenwriter: How to Sell Your Screenplay (and Yourself) Without Selling Out. 2000.
Krevolin, Richard. Screenwriting From the Soul. Renaissance, 1998.

Lazarus, Tom. Secrets of Film Writing. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2001.
Lefcourt, Peter & Laura J. Shapiro. The First Time I Got Paid for It. Public Affairs, 2000.
Lerch, Jennifer. 500 Ways To Beat the Hollywood Script Reader. Fireside, 1999.
Lewinski, John Scott. The Screenwriter’s Guide to Agents and Managers. Allworth Press, 2001.
Lucey, Paul. Story Sense: Writing Story and Script for Feature Film and Television. McGraw-Hill, 1996.

McGilligan, Patrick (ed.) Backstory 1: Interviews With Screenwriters of Hollywood’s Golden Age. University of California Press, 1986.
McGilligan, Patrick, (ed.) Backstory 2: Interviews With Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s. University of California Press, 1991.
McKee, Robert. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting. Harper Collins, 1997.
Meibach, Howard. Spec Screenplay Sales Directories. In Good Company Products, Santa Monica. (updated regularly)
Mehring, Margaret. The Screenplay: A Blend of Film Form and Content. Focal Press, 1990.
Mernit, Billy. Writing the Romantic Comedy. HarperResource, 2000.
Miller, William. Screenwriting for Narrative Film and Television. Hastings House, 1980.
Miller, William. Screenwriting for Film and Television. Allyn and Bacon, 1998.

Nash, Constance & Virginia Oakey. The Screenwriter’s Handbook. Barnes & Noble, 1978.
Nelson, Victoria. Writer’s Block and How To Use It. 1985.
Noble, Lorraine. Four-Star Scripts. Garland Publications, 1978.

Packard, William. The Art of Screenwriting. Paragon House, 1987.
Palmer, Linda. How to Write It, How to Sell It. St. Martin’s Griffin, 1998.
Phillips, William H. Writing Short Scripts. Syracuse, 2nd edition 1993.
Pope, Thomas. Good Scripts Bad Scripts. Three Rivers, 1998.
Press, Skip. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Screenwriting. Alpah Books, 2001.
Press, Skip. Writer’s Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors & Screenwriters’ Agents 1999-2000. Prima Press, 2001.

Rainford, Nancy. How to Agent Your Agent. Ifilm Publishing, 2002.
Reichman, Rick. Formatting Your Screenplay. Paragon House, 1992.
Rico, Gabriele. Writing the Natural Way. 1983.
Root, Wells. Writing the Script. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980.
Rotcop, Ken & James K. Shea. The Perfect Pitch: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood. Michael Wiese Productions, 2001.
Rouveral, Jean. Writing For Daytime Drama. 1992.
Russell, James. Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets. 2000.

Sautter, Carl. How To Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television. New Chapter, 1992.
Schanzer, Karl & Thomas Lee Wright, American Screenwriters. Avon, 1993.
Schellhardt, Laura. Screenwriting for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, 2003.
Schwarz, Ted. Time Management for Writers. 1988.
Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great. Gamut, 1987. Samuel French, 1999.
Seger, Linda. Creating Unforgettable Characters. Henry Holt, 1990.
Seger, Linda. The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film. Henry Holt, 1992.
Shanks, Bob. The Primal Screen. 1986.
Stebel, S.L. Double Your Creative Power. 1997.
Stern, Jerome. Making Shapely Fiction. 1991.
Straczynski, Michael. The Complete Book of Scriptwriting. Writer’s Digest Books, Revised edition, 1996.
Stuart, Linda. Getting Your Script Through the Hollywood Maze. Acrobat Books, 1993.
Suppa, Ron. This Business of Screenwriting. Lone Eagle Publishing, 1999.
Swain, Dwight. Creating Characters. 1990.
Sweet, Jeffrey. The Dramatist’s Toolkit. 1996.

Taylor, Thom. The Big Deal: Hollywood’s Million-Dollar Spec Script Market. Quill, 1999.
Tierno, Michael. Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters. Hyperion, 2002.
Tobias, Ronald. Theme and Strategy. 1989.
Tobias, Ronald. Twenty Master Plots. 1993.
Trottier, David. The Screenwriter’s Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script. Silman-James, 3rd edition 1998.

Vale, Eugene. Technique of Screen & Television Writing. Touchstone, 1982.
Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Storyteollers & Screenwriters. 1992.
Vorhaus, John. The Comic Toolbox: How to Be Funny Even If You’re Not. 1994.
Vorhaus, John. Creativity Rules! A Writer’s Workbook. 2000.

Walker, Michael Chase. Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development. Ifilm Publishing, 2002.
Wallace, Pamela. You Can Write a Movie. Writer’s Digest Books, 2000.
Walter, Richard. Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing. Plume, 1988.
Walter, Richard. The Whole Picture. Plume, 1997.
Webber, Marilyn. Gardner’s Guide to Screewriting: The Writer’s Road Map. GGC Publishing, 2000.
Wharton, Brooke A. The Writer Got Screwed (But Didn’t Have To). Harper Perennial, 1996.
Whitcomb, Cynthia. Selling Your Screenplay. Crown, 1988.
Whitcomb, Cynthia. The Writer’s Guide to Writing Your Screenplay. The Writer Books, 2002.
Whiteside, Rich. The Screenwriting Life. Berkley Boulevard, 1998.
Wilen, Lydia & Joan Wilen. How To Sell Your Screenplay. Square One, 2001.
Willis, Edgar E. Writing Scripts for Television, Radio and Film. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981.
Wolf, Andrea Leigh. Sell Your Screenplay: Your Guide to the Independent Film and Television Producer. Robert D. Reed, 2001.
Wolff, Jurgen & Kerry Cox. Top Secrets: Screenwriting. Lone Eagle, 1993.
Wolitzer, Meg. Fitzgerald Did It: The Writer’s Guide to Mastering the Screenplay. Penguin, 1999.

Yoneda, Kathie Fong. The Script-Selling Game. Michael Weise Productions, 2002.