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Books

Business Books

Adams, Max. The Screenwriter's Survival Guide guide to selling Breimer, Stephen F. The Screenwriter's Legal Guide  legal side of the biz De Abreu, Carlos and Smith, Howard Jay. Opening the Doors to Hollywood guide to selling Press, Skip. Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter's Agents guide to contacting players Scheer, Laurie. Creative Careers in Hollywood careers in the movie biz Suppa, Ron and Healy, Janna Wong. This Business of Screenwriting the business side of the biz Whitcomb, Cynthia. Selling Your Screenplay guide to selling

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Craft Books

Aristotle. Poetics time-tested theories on drama Cole, Hillis and Haag, Judith. The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats: Screenplays guide to screenplay format Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing a classic on dramatic writing Field, Syd. Four Screenplays four scripts analzyed Field, Syd. Screenplay a standard on screenwriting Flinn, Denny Martin. How Not to Write a Screenplay mistakes that bother readers Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade anecdotes and insights on the biz Goldman, William. Which Lie Did I Tell? anecdotes and insights on the biz Gotham Writers' Workshop. Writing Movies a practical guide to screenwriting Hitchcock, Alfred and Truffaut, Francois. Hitchcock/Truffaut Truffaut interviewing Hitchcock McKee, Robert. Story a standard on screenwriting Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great practical craft advice Singleton, Ralph S. and Conrad, James A. The Filmmaker's Dictionary the jargon Trottier, David. The Screenwriter's Bible how to write, format, sell Vogler, Christopher. Writer's Journey the mythic element in screenplays

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Directories

Blu-Book lists people, places, things for production needs HCD Online online version of Hollywood Creative and Representation directories Hollywood Creative Directory lists producers, production companies, studios, networks Hollywood Representation Directory lists agents, managers, entertainment attorneys Spec Screenplay Sales Directory record of spec sales for past few years

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Periodicals

Movies

Premiere

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Industry News

Filmmaker Hollywood Reporter Variety

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Scriptwriting

Creative Screenwriting Hollywood Scriptwriter Scr(i)pt Written By

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Reference

Movies

All Movie Guide movie reference Baseline Studio Systems database of film and TV projects Box Office Mojo box office sales Done Deal script sales and screenwriting info Film Festivals info on film festivals Film Underground info for Indie filmmakers Filmmaking Net info on the Indie scene Hollywood Literary Sales script sales and screenwriting info IMDbPro database of industry info IndieWire community spot for Indie filmmakers Internet Movie Database database of existing films and TV shows Movie Reviews archive of NY Times movie reviews MovieBytes listing of screenwriting contests ScreenwritersUtopia info for screenwriters Wordplay articles and essays on screenwriting Writer's Store scriptwriting software and other supplies

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Organizations

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences American Film Institute American Screenwriters Association Directors Guild Producers Guild Writers Guild of America Writers Guild of America, East

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Online Script Marketing

Inktip through paid posting ScriptShark through paid coverage TriggerStreet through peer review

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Scripts

Daily Script free scripts online Drew's Script-O-Rama free scripts online Internet Movie Script Database free scripts online Script City store for film/TV scripts Script Shack store for film scripts

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General Resources

General

Bartleby online literary reference Bowker source of publishing databases Encyclopedia Britannica the classic encyclopedia First Chapters first chapters of books Lexis/Nexis database of periodicals and documents Library of Congress database of intellectual property mapquest comprehensive map site Noodle Tools search engine assistance Poets & Writers Tools for Writers grants, job listings, small presses, etc. ShawGuides listing of conferences, retreats, etc. Wikipedia communal encyclopedia

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General Links

Gotham Reading/Resources Lists New York Times Navigator RefDesk.com University of Texas Yahoo Reference

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Words/Usage

American Heritage Dictionary reliable dictionary with pictures Associated Press Stylebook the standard style book for periodicals Bartleby website with dictionary, thesaurus, usage reference, etc. Chicago Manual of Style the standard style book for publishing Oxford English Dictionary the most comprehensive dictionary Oxford English Dictionary (shorter) two volume version Roget's II alphabetized thesaurus Roget's International Thesaurus categorized thesaurus Strunk, William and White, E. B.. The Elements of Style advice on writing and usage

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