• Adams, Max. The Screenwriter's Survival Guide (Warner Books, 2001).
• Argentini, Paul. Elements of Style for Screenwritiers (Lone Eagle, 1998).
• Armer, Alan A. Writing the Screenplay (second edition, Wadsworth, 1993).
• Aronson, Linda. Screenwriting Updated: New (and Conventional) Ways of Writing for the Screen (Silman-James Press, 2001).
  
• Axelrod, Mark. Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting (Heinemann, 2001).
  
• Ballon, Rachel Friedman. Blueprint for Writing (1994).
• Berman, Robert A. Fade In: The Screenwriting Process (second edition, Michael Wiese Productions, 1988).
• Blacker, Irwin R. The Elements of Screenwriting (Collier, 1988).
• Blum, Rick. Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract (third edition, Focal Press, 1995).
• Brady, Ben & Lance Lee. The Understructure of Writing for Film & Television (Univ. of Texas, 1988).
• Brady, John. The Craft of the Screenwriter (Simon and Schuster, 1981).
• Breimer, Stephen F. The Screenwriter's Legal Guide (second edition, Allworth, 1999).
• Buzzell, Linda. How To Make It In Hollywood (Harper, 1992).
• Caldwell, Sara & Marie-Eve Kielson. So You Want to be a Screenwriter (Allworth, 2000).
• Callan, K. The Script is finished, Now what do I do? (Sweden Press, 2nd edition, 1998).
• Cannon, Doran William. Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively (Hannah House, 1993).
• Cole/Haag. The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part I: The Screenplay (CMC Publishing, 1980 [revised edition, 1983]).
• Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV (Arco/Prentice-Hall, 1994).
• Coopersmith, Jerome. Professional Writer's Teleplay/Screenplay Format (WGA, East, 1970).
• Corliss, Richard. Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema 1927-1973 (Overlook Press, 1974).
• Corwin, Stanley J. The Creative Writer's Companion: Selling Your Ideas for Movies, Books, Electronic Media, and More (St. Martin's Griffin, 2001).
• Cowgill, Linda. Secrets of Screenplay Structure (Lone Eagle, 1998).
• Dancyger, Ken and Jeff Rush. Alternative Screenwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules (second edition, Focal Press, 1995).
• Davis, Hadley. Development Girl (Doubleday, 1999).
• de Abreu, Carlos & Howard Jay Smith. Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea (Custos Morum, 1995).
• Dmytryk, Edward. On Screenwriting (1985).
• Dunne, John Gregory. Monster: Living Off the Big Screen (Random House, 1997).
• Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1960; first edition, 1946).
• Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1960; first edition, 1946).
• Engel, Joel. Oscar^®-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting (Hyperion, 2002).
• Engel, Joel. Screenwriters on Screenwriting (Hyperion, 1995).
• Field, Syd. Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay (Dell, 1994).
• Field, Syd. Screenplay (Dell, 1982).
• Field, Syd. The Screenwriter's Problem Solver (Dell, 1998).
• Field, Syd. The Screenwriter's Workbook (Dell, 1984).
• Field, Syd. Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood (Dell, 1989).
• Flinn, Denny Martin. How Not to Write a Screenplay (Lone Eagle, 1999).
• Froug, William. The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter (Silman-James Press, 1992).
• Froug, William. The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter (Silman-James Press, 1991; first ed., 1972).
• Froug, William. Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade (Silman-James Press, 1992).
• Froug, William. Zen and the Art of Screenwriting (Silman-James Press, 1996).
• Geller, Stephen. Screenwriting (Bantam, 1985).
• Gilles, D. B. The Screenwriter Within: How to Turn Your Head into a Salable Screenplay (Three Rivers Press, 2000).
• Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade (Warner, 1983).
• Goldman, William. Which Lie Did I Tell? (Pantheon, 2000).
• Halperin, Michael. Writing The Second Act: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Scripts (Michael Wiese Productions, 2000).
• Hamilton, Ian. Writers in Hollywood 1915-1951 (Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991).
• Harmon, Renee. Create The Suspense Film That Sells (Ciara Productions, 2000).
• Harris, Erich Leon. African-American Screenwriters Now (1996).
• Hauge, Michael. Writing Screenplays That Sell (McGraw-Hill, 1988; HarperCollins, 1991).
• Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Writing Scripts Hollywood Will Love (Allworth, 1994).
• Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Selling Scripts Hollywood (Allworth, 1999).
• Hicks, Neill D. Screenwriting 101 (Michael Wiese, 1999).
• Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Action-Adventure Film (Michael Wiese Productions, 2002).
  
• Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Thriller Film (Michael Wiese Productions, 2002).
• Hollywood Creative Directory / Agents & Managers Directory (Lone Eagle Publishing [updated regularly]).
• Hollywood Creative Directory / Producers (Lone Eagle Publishing [updated yearly]).
• Horton, Andrew. Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (Univ. of California Press, 1994).
• Howard, David & Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting (St. Martin's Press, 1993).
• Hunter, Lew. Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Perigee, 1993).
• Iglasias, Karl. The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters (Adams Media, 2001).
• Joseph, Eric. How to Enter Screenplay Contests . . . & Win! (second edition, ifilm publishing, 2001).
• Katahn, T. L. Reading for a Living (Blue Arrow, 1990).
• Katz, Susan Bullington. Conversations with Screenwriters (Heinemann, 2000).
• Kaufman, Millard. Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting (Really Great Books, 1999).
• Keane, Christopher. How to Write a Selling Screenplay (Broadway Books, 1998).
• King, Vicki. How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method (Harper & Row, 1988).
• Kosberg, Robert with Mim Eichler, How To Sell Your Idea To Hollywood (HarperPerennial, 1991).
• Krevolin, Richard. Screenwriting From the Soul (Renaissance, 1998).
• Lazarus, Tom. Secrets of Film Writing (St Martin's Griffin, 2001).
• Lefcourt, Peter & Laura J. Shapiro. The First Time I Got Paid for It (Public Affairs, 2000).
• Lerch, Jennifer. 500 Ways To Beat The Hollywood Script Reader (Fireside, 1999).
• Lewinski, John Scott. The Screenwriter's Guide to Agents and Managers (Allworth Press, 2001).
• Lucey, Paul. Story Sense: Writing Story and Script for Feature Film and Television (McGraw-Hill, 1996).
• McGilligan, Patrick, editor. Backstory 1: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age (University of California Press, 1986).
• McGilligan, Patrick, editor. Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s (University of California Press, 1991).
• McKee, Robert. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Harpercollins, 1997)
• Meibach, Howard. Spec Screenplay Sales Directories (In Good Company Products, Santa Monica, C [updated regularly]).
• Mehring, Margaret. The Screenplay: A Blend of Film Form and Content (Focal Press, 1990).
• Mernit, Billy. Writing the Romantic Comedy (HarperResource, 2000).
• Miller, William. Screenwriting for Narrative Film and Television (Hastings House, 1980).
• Nash, Constance and Virginia Oakey. The Screenwriter's Handbook (Barnes & Noble, 1978).
• Packard, William. The Art of Screenwriting (Paragon House, 1987).
• Palmer, Linda. How to Write It, How to Sell It (ST. Martins Griffin, 1998).
• Pope, Thomas. Good Scripts Bad Scripts (Three Rivers, 1998).
• Press, Skip. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting (Alpah Books, 2001)
• Press, Skip. Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors & Screenwriters' Agents 1999-2000 (Prima Press, 2001).
• Rainford, Nancy. How to Agent Your Agent (ifilm publishing, 2002).
• Reichman, Rick. Formatting Your Screenplay (Paragon House, 1992).
• Root, Wells. Writing the Script (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1979; Henry Holt, 1979).
• Rotcop, Ken, as told to James K. Shea. The Perfect Ptich: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Michael Wiese, 2001).
• Sautter, Carl. How To Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television (New Chapter paperback, 1992).
• Schanzer, Karl and Thomas Lee Wright, American Screenwriters (Avon, 1993).
• Seger, Linda. The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film (Henry Holt, 1992).
• Seger, Linda. Creating Unforgettable Characters (Henry Holt, 1990).
• Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great: 2nd Edition (Samuel French, 1994).
• Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great (Samuel French, 1999).
• Straczynski, J. Michael. The Complete Book of Scriptwriting (revised edition,Writer's Digest Books, 1996).
• Stuart, Linda. Getting Your Script Through The Hollywood Maze (Acrobat Books, 1993).
• Suppa, Ron. This Business of Screenwriting (Lone Eagle Publishing, 1999).
• Tierno, Michael. Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters (Hyperion, 2002).
• Taylor, Thom. The Big Deal: Hollywood's Million-Dollar Spec Script Market (Quill, 1999).
• Trottier, David. The Screenwriter's Bible (third edition, Silman-James, 1998).
• Vale, Eugene. The Technique of Screen and Television Writing (Touchstone, 1982).
• Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters (Michael Wiese Productions, 1992; revised edition available).
• Walker, Michael Chase. Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development (ifilm publishing, 2002).
• Wallace, Pamela. You Can Write a Movie (Writer's Digest Books, 2000).
• Walter, Richard. Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing (Plume, 1988).
• Walter, Richard. The Whole Picture (Plume, 1997).
• Webber, Marilyn. Gardner's Guide to Screewriting: The Writer's Road Map (GGC Publishing, 2000).
• Wharton, Brooke A. The Writer Got Screwed (but didn't have to) (HarperPerennial, 1996).
• Whitcomb, Cynthia. Selling Your Screenplay (Crown, 1988).
• Whitcomb, Cynthia. The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay (The Writer Books, 2002).
• Whiteside, Rich. The Screenwriting Life (Berkley Boulevard, 1998).
• Wilen, Lydia & Joan Wilen. How To Sell Your Screenplay (Square One, 2001).
• Wolf, Andrea Leigh. Sell Your Screenplay: Your Guide to the Independent Film and Television Producer (Robert D. Reed, 2001).
• Wolff, Jurgen and Kerry Cox. Top Secrets: Screenwriting (Lone Eagle, 1993).
• Wolitzer, Meg. Fitzgerald Did It: The Writer's Guide to Mastering the Screenplay (Penguin, 1999).
• Yoneda, Kathie Fong. The Script-Selling Game (Michael Weise Productions, 2002).

Many of these books have been available at local bookstores; certainly, they can be special ordered. If you don't have any luck, you might try Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046, 323-876-0570. Of course, there's always amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and other book-order sites.

On-Line Services The Internet has an abundance of sites devoted both to film in general and to screenwriting specifically. An extremely small sampling:

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences -- oscars.org
  
• Done Deal -- scriptsales.com
  
• Drew's Script-o-Rama -- script-o-rama.com
  
• Hollywood Literary Sales -- hollywoodlitsales.com
  
• Internet Movie Database -- imdb.com
  
• Screenwriters Utopia -- screenwritersutopia.com
  
• Word Play -- wordplayer.com
  
• Writers Guild of America, West -- wga.org
• Writers Guild of America, East -- wgaeast.org
  

Screenwriting Competitions

During any given year, there may be over 150 national, regional and local competitions. For information, check the internet, with friends, university film departments and state film offices. For an up-to-date listing of screenwriting competitions, visit the MovieBytes contest site www.moviebytes.com.

Screenwriting Magazines & Newsletters

• Creative Screenwriting - 6404 Hollywood Blvd, Suite 415, Los Angeles, CA 90028; (323) 957-1405; creativescreenwriting.com.
  
• Fade In: - 289 S Robertson Blvd, #465, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; 800-646-3896; fadeinmag.com.
  
• Hollywood Scriptwriter - PO Box 10277, Burbank, CA 91510; 818-845-5525; 866-HSWRITER; hollywoodscriptwriter.com.
  
• Written By - 7000 W 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90048-4329; 323-782-4522; wga.org.
  
• Screenwriter - 655 Fulton Street #276, Brooklyn, NY 11217; 718-398-7197; 800-418-5637; screenwritermag.com.
  
• ScreenTalk - 1-888-649-9838; screentalk.org.
  
• Script - 5638 Sweet Air Road, Baldwin, MD 21013-0007; 888-245-2229; scriptmag.com.
  

Computer-ography

Computer software may prove helpful: complete script writing programs (Final Draft, Movie Magic Screenwriter 2000, et cetera) and story development programs (Dramatica Pro, IdeaFisher, Truby's Blockbuster, Storycraft, Power Structure and Story View ).

If these programs are not readily available and as new programs and new versions of old programs appear with regularity, you might check with The Writers Store, 2040 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025, 866-229-7483, 310-441-5151; their Web site address is writersstore.com.