Research Guides: Arts and Media Research Guide: Screenwriting

Screenwriting Resources--Print

For more books, please try the phrase "motion picture authorship" in the Mansfield Library's online catalog. For actual screenplays, try the phrase "motion picture plays" in the catalog. You can also browse the stacks under the call number ranges 808.23 on level 2 for books about screenwriting and the ranges 791.437 through 791.4372 for actual screenplays on level 4.

Encyclopedia of film themes, settings, and series by Armstrong, Richard and Mary Armstrong
Call Number: 791.43 A737
Q Oversized Collection
Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film by Goble, Alan
Call Number: 791.43 X G575c
Q Oversized Collection
The dramatic writer's companion: tools to develop characters, cause scenes, and build stories by Dunne, Will
Call Number: 808.2 D9239d
The connected screenwriter: a comprehensive guide to the U.S. and international studios, networks, production companies, and filmmakers that want to buy your screenplay
Call Number: 808.23 C75227
Art of plotting: how to add emotion, excitement, and depth to your writing by Cowgill, Linda J.
Call Number: 808.23 C8748A
Understanding screenwriting: learning from good, not-quite-so-good, and bad screenplays by Stempel, Tom
Call Number: 808.23 S8249U
The Screenwriter's Bible (5th Edition) by Trottier, David
Call Number: 808.23 T8588s 2010
Narrative in fiction and film by Lothe, Jakob
Call Number: 808.3 L882n
The soul of screenwriting: on writing, dramatic truth, and knowing yourself by Cunningham, Keith
Call Number: 808.066791 C9735s