Screenwriting Resources - Bibliography

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This is a comprehensive bibliography of books on screenwriting. If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist. If you do know of a book you think should be on our list, please contact us and let us know.
The Art of Dramatic Writing
Lajos Egri
(Wildside Press, 2007)
The Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives
Lajos Egri
(Touchstone; Revised edition 1972)
The Art of Plotting: Add Emotion, Suspense, and Depth to Your Screenplay
Linda Cowgill
(Lone Eagle, 2007)
The Art of Screenwriting
William Packard
(Paragon House, 1987).
Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting
Mark Axelrod
(Heinemann, 2001)
Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively
Doran William Cannon
(Hannah House, 1993).
Backstory 1: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age
Patrick McGilligan
(University of California Press, 1986)
Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s
Patrick McGilligan
(University of California Press, 1991)
Backstory 3: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 60s
Patrick McGilligan
(University of California Press, 1997)
Backstory 4: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1970s and 1980s
Patrick McGilligan
(University of California Press, 2006)
The Big Deal: Hollywood's Million-Dollar Spec Script Market
Thom Taylor
(Quill, 1999).
Blueprint for Writing
Rachel Friedman Ballon
(1994)