The essential books about screenwriting

A list by Dan

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• The Script-Selling Game: A Hollywood Insider's Look at Getting Your Script Sold and Produced by Kathie Fong Yoneda, Pamela Wallace (Preface)
• The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters: Insider's Secrets from Hollywood's Top Writers by Karl Iglesias, Lew Hunter
• How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make by Denny Martin Flinn
• Screenwriting: Writing the Picture by Robin U. Russin, William Missouri Downs
• 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend by Jennifer M. Lerch
• The Screenwriter's Bible: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script by David Trottier