screenwriting
getting film stories told

james r. elkins

 

Story Structure

Screenwriting Gurus

Screenwriting Tips for Playwrights

39 Steps

Screenwriting

Lifelong Learning Goes to the Movies: Autobiographical Narratives as Media Production

E Script: The Internet's Screen Writer's Workshop

Screenwriters Master Chart

Screenwriters Online

ScreenWriters Utopia

Screen Style

NY Screenwriter Monthly Online

Organizations

Writer's Guild of America

Screen Writing Software

StoryCraft Story

The Writer's Store

Scriptdude Co.

Recommended Reading

Robert McKee, Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (New York: HarperCollins/ReganBooks, 1997) [McKee's consulting site]; Christopher Vogler, The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers (Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions, 2nd ed. 1998)

Bibliography

Lajos Egri, Act of Dramatic Writing (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977), Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (1984); Syd Field, The Screenwriter's Problem Solver: How to Recognize, Identify, and Define Screenwriting Problems (New York: Dell Publishing, 1998); Marisa D'Vari, Script Magic: Subconscious Techniques to Conquer Writer's Block (Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions, 2000); Kristin Thompson, Storytelling in the New Hollywood: Understanding Classical Narrative Technique (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999); Linda Seger, Creating Unforgettable Characters (New York: Henry Holt, 1990); Bob Berman, Fade In: The Screenwriting Process (Studio City, California: Michael Wiese Productions, 2000); Richard W. Krevolin, Screenwriting from the Soul: Letters to an Aspiring Screenwriter (Renaissance Books, 1998)