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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