SLEEPER MUST AWAKEN
The Professional Writer’s Library ::
“When I get a little money, I buy books; and if any is left, I buy food and clothes.”
Desiderius Erasmus
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Great writers are avid readers. Whether you prefer hardbacks, trade paperbacks, e-‐books, or online reading, now is the time to begin to develop your personal Writer’s Library. Here are books you already own: Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott, Anchor Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, Syd Field, Delta The Screenwriter’s Workbook, Syd Field, Delta The Screenwriter’s Problem Solver, Syd Field, Delta The Hollywood Standard, Christopher Riley, Michael Wiese Productions Rewrite: A Step-‐by-‐Step Guide to Strengthen Structure, Characters, and Drama in Your Screenplay, Paul Chitlik, Michael Wiese Productions Prepare to Board, Nancy Beiman, Focal Press Plot & Structure, James Scott Bell, Writer’s Digest Books The Visual Story, Bruce Block, Focal Press Writing for Animation, Comics and Games, Christy Marx, Focal Press The “I” of the Camera, William Rothman, Cambridge Film Theory: An Introduction Through the Senses, Thomas Elsaesser and Malte Hagener, Routledge Heroes & Villains, Mike Alsford, Baylor University Press
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Game Writing: Narrative Skills for Videogames, ed. Chris Bateman, Charles River Media I Liked It, Didn’t Love It: Screenplay Development From the Inside Out, Rona Edwards & Monika Skerbelis, Edwards Skerbelis Entertainment Mind Your Business: A Hollywood Literary Agent’s Guide to Your Writing Career, Michele Wallerstein, Michael Wiese Productions The Ultimate Guide to Video Game Writing and Design, Flint Dille & John Zuur Platten, Lone Eagle Publishing Company
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero ::
Other Books Recommended by your Instructors: How I Write: The Secret Lives of Authors. Dan Crowe and Phillip Oltermann, ed., Rizzoli. Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need, Blake Snyder, Michael Wiese Productions Making a Good Script Great, Linda Seger, Silman-‐James Press Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers. Nat Gertler, ed., About Comics Panel Two: More Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers. Nat Gertler, ed., About Comics Prepare to Board, Nancy Beiman, Focal Press Writing for Comics, Alan Moore, Avatar Press The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics, Dennis O’Neil, Watson-‐Guptill Publications How to Write for Animation, Jeffrey Scott, The Overlook Press Animation Writing and Development, Jean Ann Wright, Focal Press 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, Matt Madden, Chamberlain Bros.
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The Writer’s Journey, Christopher Vogler, Michael Wiese Productions The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller, John Truby Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting, Robert McKee, It Books On Writing, Stephen King, Pocket How Not to Make a Short Film: Secrets From a Sundance Programmer, Roberta Munroe, Hyperion Crafty Screenwriting: Writing Moview That Get Made, Alex Epstein, Holt Crafty TV Writing: Thinking Inside the Box, Alex Epstein, Holt Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV, Dona Cooper, Arco Writing for Multimedia and the Web, Timothy Garrand, Focal Press Myths to Live By, Joseph Campbell, Penguin Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts, Susan Hayward, Routledge On the History of Film Style, David Bordwell, Harvard University Press How to Write for Animation, Jeffrey Scott Professional Techniques for Videogame Writing, Wendy Despain, A K Peters ::
Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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