Cynthia Whitcomb

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       March 29, 2008


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Appendix D: Book List

These are not all screenwriting books, but they are the books I have found to be the most inspiring and helpful to me as a screenwriter. (Alphabetically by author.)

The Screenwriters Survival Guide
   by Max Adams 2001 Warner Books

Zen and the Art of Writing
   by Ray Bradbury, 1994, Joshua Odell Editions, Santa Barbara

The Hero With A Thousand Faces
   by Joseph Campbell, 1949, Princeton University Press

The Writing Life
   by Annie Dillard, 1989 Harper Perennial

Screenplay
   by Syd Field, 1979, Dell Trade Paperback.

Wild Mind
   by Natalie Goldberg, 1990, Bantam Press

Writing Down the Bones
   by Natalie Goldberg, 1986, Shambhala

Adventures in the Screen Trade
   by William Goldman, 1989, Warner Books

On Writing:
    A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, 2000, Scribner

Bird by Bird
   by Anne Lamott, 1994, Pantheon Books

The First Time I Got Paid For It:
    Writers Tales from the Hollywood Trenches.
    Edited by Peter Lefcourt and Laura J. Shapiro

On The Art of Writing
   by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, 1916, Fowey Rare Books (1995 ed.)

Making a Good Script Great
   by Linda Seger, 1987, Samuel French.

The Writer's Journey
   by Christopher Vogler, 1992, Michael Wiese Productions



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