I don’t have time to watch and study every movie, so if someone else has done some of that work for me – great. More than all the theoretical stuff, I like reading specific case studies.
Even though many of the screenwriting books say the same thing in different ways, one of those ways could make sense to you in a way that the others don’t. There’s something about the act of reading itself that frees up my subconscious to grind away on whatever story I’m currently trying to work out. For me, at least, reading always sparks new ideas. Or if it’s better to avoid that potential rabbit hole and just learn by doing (and reading scripts).Ī lot of people in the group told her not to bother, but… even after reading so many unhelpful ones, I still think there’s good to be gotten from reading some. Then, in the Screenplay Lab Facebook group, someone new to screenwriting asked the group if she should bother reading screenwriting how-to books. That prompted me to think about which ones, if any, I’d be willing to stake my reputation on. Last week I had two conversations that inspired me to gather all of my top picks into one place.įirst, a producer friend asked me to recommend some screenwriting books for a writer he’s working with who’s transitioning from playwriting to screenwriting. There are screenwriting books I still reference regularly. I’ve read maybe 90% of the screenwriting books on the market. Some turn to the shelves and shelves (and entire stores) of screenwriting books available, looking for the one that will have the magic formula, the secret key that makes screenwriting easy.Īnd others think screenwriting how-to books are the root of all evil. This might be a surprisingly controversial post.ĭifferent writers navigate the learning curve differently.
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