Hollywood Script Coach

Resources

 

It’s important to read screenplays, especially in the genre you’re writing.  You can often find them for free on the internet.

To read scripts:
http://www.script-o-rama.com/
http://www.simplyscripts.com/
http://www.dailyscript.com

or go to the Writers Guild Foundation Library
http://www.wgfoundation.org/library.aspx

Recommended books:
The Art Of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis In The Creative Interpretation Of Human Motives by Lajos Egri

Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller by John Truby

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Snyder

Writing Screenplays That Sell: The Complete, Step-By-Step Guide for Writing and Selling to by Michael Hauge

A Story is a Promise by Bill Johnson

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

On Directing Film by David Mamet

Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet

On Writing by Stephen King

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield


Recommended publications:
Creative Screenwriting Magazine (also check out their podcast)
Filmmaker Magazine