We all have to
start somewhere.
Below is a curated list of resources to help you on your journey.
Books
Story Genius Lisa Cron
Story Robert McKee
Dialogue Robert McKee
The Writers’ Room Survival Guide Niceole Levy
The Executive Chair: A Writer’s Guide to TV Series Development Kelly Edwards
Save The Cat! Blake Snyder
The Anatomy of Story John Truby
The Art of Dramatic Writing Lajos Egri
The Coffee Break Screenwriter Pilar Alessandra
Characters & Viewpoint Orson Scott Card
The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Expression Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
Pixar Storytelling Dean Movshovitz
The Hollywood Standard Christopher Riley
Writing the TV Drama Series Pamela Douglas
Conflict, Action & Suspense William Noble
Creating Character Arcs K.M. Weiland
Script Coverage Basics B. O’Malley
Respect for Acting Uta Hagen with Haskel Frankel
The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell
Truth Susan Batson
Actions: The Actor’s Thesaurus Marina Caldarone and Maggie Lloyd-Williams
Director's Tell the Story Bethany Rooney & Mary Lou Belli
The New Sitcom Career Book Mary Lou Belli & Phil Ramuno
Podcasts
On The Page Pilar Alessandra
Screenwriter’s Rant Room Hilliard Guess
ScriptNotes John August, Craig Mazin
The Writer’s Panel Ben Blacker
Draft Zero Chas Fisher, Stuart Willis
On Story Austin Film Festival
Scripts & Scribes Scripts & Scribes
The A24 Podcast A24
Write On Final Draft
Classes
On the Page with Pilar Alessandra
MasterClass (Issa Rae, Shonda Rhimes, Ron Howard, Spike Lee, Aaron Sorkin, Duffer Brothers)