25 BOOKS YOU SHOULD HAVE ON YOUR BOOKSHELF

The following books are our top recommended books for your bookshelf. This is just a starter list and you will keep adding to it depending on your needs and to update the latest editions. They are listed in alphabetical order according to author and not in any particular order of importance. Click on the book title and/or image which is linked to Amazon for your convenience. We will keep adding to the list as we see more resources that we think are important for you to note.* Enjoy!

POETICS by Aristotle	REWRITE by Paul Chitlik	WRITE TO TV by Martie Cook
THE POCKET LAWYER FOR FILMMAKERS: A LEGAL TOOLKIT FOR INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS by Thomas A. Crowell	CLEARANCE & COPYRIGHT by Michael C. Donaldson & Lisa A. Callif	WRITING THE TV DRAMA How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV by Pamela Douglas
The EXECUTIVE CHAIR by Kelly Edwards	STORYTELLING ACROSS WORLDS: TRANSMEDIA FOR CREATIVES AND PRODUCERS by Tom Dowd, Michael Niederman, Michael Fry & Josel Steiff	THE ART OF DRAMATIC WRITING by Lajos Egri
ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE by William Goldman	COMPLETE FILM PRODUCTION HANDBOOK by Eve Light Honthaner	DEALMAKING IN THE FILM AND TELEVISION INDUSTRY 4th Edition by Mark Litwak
STORY SOLUION: 23 ACTIONS ALL GREAT HEROES MUST TAKE by Eric Edson	THE TOOLS OF SCREENWRITING by David Mabley & David Howard	HOPE FOR FILM: A PRODUCER'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE REVOLUTION OF INDIE FILM AND GLOBAL STREAMING by Ted Hope and Anthony Kaufman
THE HOLLYWOOD STANDARD by Christopher Riley	MAKING A GOOD SCRIPT GREAT by Linda Seger	THE REVOLUTION WAS TELEVISED by Alan Sepinwall
LITTLE BETS: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge From Small Discoveries by Peter Sims	THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE by William Strunk and E.B. White	THE $11 BILLION YEAR: FROM SUNDANCE TO THE OSCARS, AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE CHANGING HOLLYWOOD SYSTEM by Anne Thompson
THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA DISTRIBUTION: MONETIZING FILM, TV AND VIDEO CONTENT IN AN ONLINE WORLD by Jeffrey C. Ulin	SHOOTING TO KILL: HOW AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER BLASTS THROUGH THE BARRIERS TO MAKE MOVIES THAT MATTER by Christine Vachon	THE WRITERS JOURNEY by Christopher Vogler
THE SCRIPT SELLING GAME by Kathie Fong Yoneda	AND DON'T FORGET our books. . . I LIKED IT,DIDN'T LOVE IT: SCREENPLAY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE INSIDE OUT by Rona Edwards & Monika Skerbelis	2nd Edition COMING THIS YEAR STAY TUNED! THE COMPLETE FILMMAKERS' GUIDE TO FILM FESTIVALS (YOUR ALL ACCESS PASS TO LAUNCHING YOUR FILM ON THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT) by Rona Edwards & Monika Skerbelis

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