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There’s countless screenwriter booklists out there and a lot of them aren’t even compiled by screenwriters themselves. They are pretty dire and I’ve been cutting my own path with reading for a while now. I want to share the books that I’ve personally learned a lot from and know have worked for me. This is what I believe is the most powerful collection of screenwriting books you can read over the next 12 months.
Of course, you’d be doing myself a huge favour by purchasing a copy of my own book Turn & Burn: The Scriptwriter’s Guide to Writing Better Screenplays Faster which contains three times the content and sales of which go back into helping keep my platform Script Revolution free to everyone. This can be a great way for you to give back to the next aspiring screenwriter searching for guidance.
This list is also about the bigger picture than screenwriting itself; it covers the areas of writing, artistry, and industry, for which I’ve picked my favourites within each. I’ve read a hell of a lot more. It’s important you understand film history, know what a career in the business looks like, and respect the medium as an art-form.
Personally, I feel this essential reading. I see so much ignorance within screenwriting communities over the reality behind how famous films were developed, how popular screenwriters…
