16 Books like Save the Cat!

Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay

by DMA/Donna Michelle Anderson • 2015

The story framework and pitch strategy industry insiders expect, from a former script evaluator.

4.50

🎬 Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Arcs 📐 Three-Act Structure 🎥 Film Industry

Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay Summary

Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay 98%

The story framework and pitch strategy industry insiders expect, from a former script evaluator.

by DMA/Donna Michelle Anderson 2015

4.50

8 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 🏗️ Story Structure 🎭 Character Arcs 📐 Three-Act Structure 🎥 Film Industry

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

by Karl Iglesias • 2001

101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.

3.87

479

🎬 Screenwriting 🎥 Hollywood Industry ✍️ Writing Habits 💡 Creative Process 📖 Storytelling Craft

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters Summary

The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters 97%

101 screenwriters reveal the habits that separate careers that sell from ones that stall.

by Karl Iglesias 2001

3.87

479 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 🎥 Hollywood Industry ✍️ Writing Habits 💡 Creative Process 📖 Storytelling Craft

Action

by Robert McKee • 2022

Excitement on page and screen has rules. The villain’s scheme, not the spectacle, is its engine.

4.29

126

🎬 Modern Screenwriting 🏗️ Narrative Structure ⚙️ Genre Mechanics 📈 Plot Construction 😈 Antagonist Design

Action 97%

Excitement on page and screen has rules. The villain’s scheme, not the spectacle, is its engine.

by Robert McKee 2022

4.29

126 ratings

🎬 Modern Screenwriting 🏗️ Narrative Structure ⚙️ Genre Mechanics 📈 Plot Construction 😈 Antagonist Design

Memo from the Story Department

by Christopher Vogler • 2011

How myths, archetypes, and vaudeville timing built the architecture of every great screenplay.

4.16

171

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🌀 Mythic Structure 🎭 Character Archetypes ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict

Memo from the Story Department 97%

How myths, archetypes, and vaudeville timing built the architecture of every great screenplay.

by Christopher Vogler 2011

4.16

171 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🌀 Mythic Structure 🎭 Character Archetypes ⚔️ Dramatic Conflict

The Story Solution

by Eric Edson • 2012

The 23-step structural blueprint that turns a screenplay into an emotional ride.

4.32

222

📜 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🔄 Character Arcs ⚔️ Conflict Escalation 💬 Dialogue Craft

The Story Solution 96%

The 23-step structural blueprint that turns a screenplay into an emotional ride.

by Eric Edson 2012

4.32

222 ratings

📜 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🔄 Character Arcs ⚔️ Conflict Escalation 💬 Dialogue Craft

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit

by Robert Ben Garant • 2011

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

3.95

2k+

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching 🏛️ Studio Politics 🎭 Comedy Screenwriting

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit Summary

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit 96%

Screenwriting is a blue-collar job: relocate, pitch constantly, and never turn down a rewrite.

by Robert Ben Garant 2011

3.95

2k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting 📐 Story Structure 🎤 Idea Pitching 🏛️ Studio Politics 🎭 Comedy Screenwriting

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking

by Brian Dunnigan • 2020

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

3.33

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Scene Writing

Screenwriting Is Filmmaking 96%

Write screenplays that think like a camera: the craft of making films from the page up.

by Brian Dunnigan 2020

3.33

3 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 👁️ Visual Storytelling 🏗️ Story Structure 👤 Character Development ✍️ Scene Writing

Super Structure

by James Scott Bell • 2015

Your story's midpoint holds the key. A flexible framework of beats for outliners and pantsers alike.

4.40

942

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🥁 Story Beats 🎭 Three-Act Structure 💕 Character Empathy

Super Structure 96%

Your story's midpoint holds the key. A flexible framework of beats for outliners and pantsers alike.

by James Scott Bell 2015

4.40

942 ratings

✍️ Fiction Craft 🏗️ Narrative Structure 🥁 Story Beats 🎭 Three-Act Structure 💕 Character Empathy

The Anatomy of Genres

by John Truby • 2022

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

4.21

607

🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

The Anatomy of Genres 95%

Genres are philosophies disguised as story types. Crack the beats and you crack writing and life.

by John Truby 2022

4.21

607 ratings

🏗️ Story Structure 📚 Genre Theory 🎬 Screenwriting ✍️ Writing Craft 💭 Story Philosophy

Million Dollar Outlines

by David Farland • 2013

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

4.16

844

📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

Million Dollar Outlines 95%

An outlining method that pressure-tests your plot, designed to sell a novel on proposal.

by David Farland 2013

4.16

844 ratings

📐 Story Structure 🧠 Reader Psychology 💰 Commercial Fiction ⚙️ Plot Mechanics 📋 Outlining Method

Story Physics

by Larry Brooks • 2013

Great stories aren't magic. They're physics. Once you know the laws, broken drafts fix themselves.

3.92

475

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎪 Three-Act Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 💡 Concept Development

Story Physics 95%

Great stories aren't magic. They're physics. Once you know the laws, broken drafts fix themselves.

by Larry Brooks 2013

3.92

475 ratings

📝 Fiction Writing 🏗️ Story Structure 🎪 Three-Act Structure 🎬 Scene Craft 💡 Concept Development

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller

by James N. Frey • 2010

From villain to climax, the essential rules for a thriller that readers cannot put down.

3.79

321

🔪 Thriller Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Crafting 🎭 Character Archetypes 💬 Conflict Dialogue

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller Summary

How to Write a Damn Good Thriller 95%

From villain to climax, the essential rules for a thriller that readers cannot put down.

by James N. Frey 2010

3.79

321 ratings

🔪 Thriller Writing 🏗️ Story Structure ⏳ Suspense Crafting 🎭 Character Archetypes 💬 Conflict Dialogue

Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters

by Michael Tierno • 2002

The screenwriting manual hiding inside a 2,300-year-old Greek text, decoded for your next draft.

3.84

639

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🏛️ Classical Poetics 3️⃣ Three-Act Structure 🧩 Plot Construction

Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters Summary

Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters 95%

The screenwriting manual hiding inside a 2,300-year-old Greek text, decoded for your next draft.

by Michael Tierno 2002

3.84

639 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft 🏗️ Story Structure 🏛️ Classical Poetics 3️⃣ Three-Act Structure 🧩 Plot Construction

The Secrets of Character

by Matt Bird • 2022

Plot draws them in. Hero keeps them there. A character-first toolkit for the opening ten.

4.10

278

🎭 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Writing 📄 First Pages 🎬 Screenwriting 🧠 Reader Psychology

The Secrets of Character 95%

Plot draws them in. Hero keeps them there. A character-first toolkit for the opening ten.

by Matt Bird 2022

4.10

278 ratings

🎭 Character Development ✍️ Fiction Writing 📄 First Pages 🎬 Screenwriting 🧠 Reader Psychology

Dialogue

by Robert McKee • 2016

Dialogue is action, not conversation. The real meaning lives in what characters won't say.

4.32

2k+

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ✍️ Fiction Craft 💬 Dialogue Technique 🫥 Subtext 🗣️ Character Voice

Dialogue 95%

Dialogue is action, not conversation. The real meaning lives in what characters won't say.

by Robert McKee 2016

4.32

2k+ ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ✍️ Fiction Craft 💬 Dialogue Technique 🫥 Subtext 🗣️ Character Voice

Writing for Emotional Impact

by Karl Iglesias • 2005

Only ink on the page. Emotional techniques for making a script reader feel what movie would.

4.27

710

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ❤️ Emotional Storytelling 📖 Reader Engagement 🧑 Character Empathy 🏞️ Scene Craft

Writing for Emotional Impact 95%

Only ink on the page. Emotional techniques for making a script reader feel what movie would.

by Karl Iglesias 2005

4.27

710 ratings

🎬 Screenwriting Craft ❤️ Emotional Storytelling 📖 Reader Engagement 🧑 Character Empathy 🏞️ Scene Craft

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