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.
Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting
Millard Kaufman
(Really Great Books, 1999).
The Portable Film School: Everything You'd Learn in Film School (Without Ever Going to Class)
D. B. Gilles
(St. Martin's Griffin, 2005)
Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development
Michael Chase Walker
(Lone Eagle, 2002)
Power Screenwriting: Ancient Archetypes in Modern Cinema
Michael Chase Walker
(Mentor Press, 1997)
Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television
Ben Brady
(University of Texas Press; 1 edition 1994)
Professional Writer's Teleplay/Screenplay Format
Jerome Coopersmith
(WGA, East, 1970).
Reading for a Living
T. L. Katahn
(Blue Arrow, 1990).
Real Screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches
Ron Suppa
(Course Technology PTR; 2005)
Romancing the A-List: How to Write the Script the Big Stars Want to Make
Christopher Keane
(Michael Wiese Productions, 2008)
The Screenplay: A Blend of Film Form and Content
Margaret Mehring
(Focal Press, 1990).
Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
Syd Field
(Delta, 2005)
The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter
William Froug
(Silman-James Press, 1991; first ed., 1972).