• Adams, Max. The Screenwriter's Survival Guide (Warner Books, 2001).
• Argentini, Paul. Elements of Style for Screenwritiers (Lone Eagle, 1998).
• Armer, Alan A. Writing the Screenplay (second edition, Wadsworth, 1993).
• Aronson, Linda. Screenwriting Updated: New (and Conventional) Ways of Writing for the Screen (Silman-James Press, 2001).
  
• Axelrod, Mark. Aspects of the Screenplay: Techniques of Screenwriting (Heinemann, 2001).
  
• Ballon, Rachel Friedman. Blueprint for Writing (1994).
• Berman, Robert A. Fade In: The Screenwriting Process (second edition, Michael Wiese Productions, 1988).
• Blacker, Irwin R. The Elements of Screenwriting (Collier, 1988).
• Blum, Rick. Television and Screen Writing: From Concept to Contract (third edition, Focal Press, 1995).
• Brady, Ben & Lance Lee. The Understructure of Writing for Film & Television (Univ. of Texas, 1988).
• Brady, John. The Craft of the Screenwriter (Simon and Schuster, 1981).
• Breimer, Stephen F. The Screenwriter's Legal Guide (second edition, Allworth, 1999).
• Buzzell, Linda. How To Make It In Hollywood (Harper, 1992).
• Caldwell, Sara & Marie-Eve Kielson. So You Want to be a Screenwriter (Allworth, 2000).
• Callan, K. The Script is finished, Now what do I do? (Sweden Press, 2nd edition, 1998).
• Cannon, Doran William. Authorship: The Dynamic Principles of Writing Creatively (Hannah House, 1993).
• Cole/Haag. The Complete Guide to Standard Script Formats, Part I: The Screenplay (CMC Publishing, 1980 [revised edition, 1983]).
• Cooper, Dona. Writing Great Screenplays for Film and TV (Arco/Prentice-Hall, 1994).
• Coopersmith, Jerome. Professional Writer's Teleplay/Screenplay Format (WGA, East, 1970).
• Corliss, Richard. Talking Pictures: Screenwriters in the American Cinema 1927-1973 (Overlook Press, 1974).
• Corwin, Stanley J. The Creative Writer's Companion: Selling Your Ideas for Movies, Books, Electronic Media, and More (St. Martin's Griffin, 2001).
• Cowgill, Linda. Secrets of Screenplay Structure (Lone Eagle, 1998).
• Dancyger, Ken and Jeff Rush. Alternative Screenwriting: Writing Beyond the Rules (second edition, Focal Press, 1995).
• Davis, Hadley. Development Girl (Doubleday, 1999).
• de Abreu, Carlos & Howard Jay Smith. Opening the Doors to Hollywood: How to Sell Your Idea (Custos Morum, 1995).
• Dmytryk, Edward. On Screenwriting (1985).
• Dunne, John Gregory. Monster: Living Off the Big Screen (Random House, 1997).
• Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1960; first edition, 1946).
• Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone, 1960; first edition, 1946).
• Engel, Joel. Oscar^®-Winning Screenwriters on Screenwriting (Hyperion, 2002).
• Engel, Joel. Screenwriters on Screenwriting (Hyperion, 1995).
• Field, Syd. Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay (Dell, 1994).
• Field, Syd. Screenplay (Dell, 1982).
• Field, Syd. The Screenwriter's Problem Solver (Dell, 1998).
• Field, Syd. The Screenwriter's Workbook (Dell, 1984).
• Field, Syd. Selling a Screenplay: The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood (Dell, 1989).
• Flinn, Denny Martin. How Not to Write a Screenplay (Lone Eagle, 1999).
• Froug, William. The New Screenwriter Looks at the New Screenwriter (Silman-James Press, 1992).
• Froug, William. The Screenwriter Looks at the Screenwriter (Silman-James Press, 1991; first ed., 1972).
• Froug, William. Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade (Silman-James Press, 1992).
• Froug, William. Zen and the Art of Screenwriting (Silman-James Press, 1996).
• Geller, Stephen. Screenwriting (Bantam, 1985).
• Gilles, D. B. The Screenwriter Within: How to Turn Your Head into a Salable Screenplay (Three Rivers Press, 2000).
• Goldman, William. Adventures in the Screen Trade (Warner, 1983).
• Goldman, William. Which Lie Did I Tell? (Pantheon, 2000).
• Halperin, Michael. Writing The Second Act: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Scripts (Michael Wiese Productions, 2000).
• Hamilton, Ian. Writers in Hollywood 1915-1951 (Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1991).
• Harmon, Renee. Create The Suspense Film That Sells (Ciara Productions, 2000).
• Harris, Erich Leon. African-American Screenwriters Now (1996).
• Hauge, Michael. Writing Screenplays That Sell (McGraw-Hill, 1988; HarperCollins, 1991).
• Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Writing Scripts Hollywood Will Love (Allworth, 1994).
• Herbert, Katherine Atwell. Selling Scripts Hollywood (Allworth, 1999).
• Hicks, Neill D. Screenwriting 101 (Michael Wiese, 1999).
• Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Action-Adventure Film (Michael Wiese Productions, 2002).
  
• Hicks, Neill D. Writing the Thriller Film (Michael Wiese Productions, 2002).
• Hollywood Creative Directory / Agents & Managers Directory (Lone Eagle Publishing [updated regularly]).
• Hollywood Creative Directory / Producers (Lone Eagle Publishing [updated yearly]).
• Horton, Andrew. Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay (Univ. of California Press, 1994).
• Howard, David & Edward Mabley. The Tools of Screenwriting (St. Martin's Press, 1993).
• Hunter, Lew. Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434 (Perigee, 1993).
• Iglasias, Karl. The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters (Adams Media, 2001).
• Joseph, Eric. How to Enter Screenplay Contests . . . & Win! (second edition, ifilm publishing, 2001).
• Katahn, T. L. Reading for a Living (Blue Arrow, 1990).
• Katz, Susan Bullington. Conversations with Screenwriters (Heinemann, 2000).
• Kaufman, Millard. Plots and Characters: A Screenwriter on Screenwriting (Really Great Books, 1999).
• Keane, Christopher. How to Write a Selling Screenplay (Broadway Books, 1998).
• King, Vicki. How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method (Harper & Row, 1988).
• Kosberg, Robert with Mim Eichler, How To Sell Your Idea To Hollywood (HarperPerennial, 1991).
• Krevolin, Richard. Screenwriting From the Soul (Renaissance, 1998).
• Lazarus, Tom. Secrets of Film Writing (St Martin's Griffin, 2001).
• Lefcourt, Peter & Laura J. Shapiro. The First Time I Got Paid for It (Public Affairs, 2000).
• Lerch, Jennifer. 500 Ways To Beat The Hollywood Script Reader (Fireside, 1999).
• Lewinski, John Scott. The Screenwriter's Guide to Agents and Managers (Allworth Press, 2001).
• Lucey, Paul. Story Sense: Writing Story and Script for Feature Film and Television (McGraw-Hill, 1996).
• McGilligan, Patrick, editor. Backstory 1: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age (University of California Press, 1986).
• McGilligan, Patrick, editor. Backstory 2: Interviews with Screenwriters of the 1940s and 1950s (University of California Press, 1991).
• McKee, Robert. Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting (Harpercollins, 1997)
• Meibach, Howard. Spec Screenplay Sales Directories (In Good Company Products, Santa Monica, C [updated regularly]).
• Mehring, Margaret. The Screenplay: A Blend of Film Form and Content (Focal Press, 1990).
• Mernit, Billy. Writing the Romantic Comedy (HarperResource, 2000).
• Miller, William. Screenwriting for Narrative Film and Television (Hastings House, 1980).
• Nash, Constance and Virginia Oakey. The Screenwriter's Handbook (Barnes & Noble, 1978).
• Packard, William. The Art of Screenwriting (Paragon House, 1987).
• Palmer, Linda. How to Write It, How to Sell It (ST. Martins Griffin, 1998).
• Pope, Thomas. Good Scripts Bad Scripts (Three Rivers, 1998).
• Press, Skip. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting (Alpah Books, 2001)
• Press, Skip. Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors & Screenwriters' Agents 1999-2000 (Prima Press, 2001).
• Rainford, Nancy. How to Agent Your Agent (ifilm publishing, 2002).
• Reichman, Rick. Formatting Your Screenplay (Paragon House, 1992).
• Root, Wells. Writing the Script (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1979; Henry Holt, 1979).
• Rotcop, Ken, as told to James K. Shea. The Perfect Ptich: How to Sell Yourself and Your Movie Idea to Hollywood (Michael Wiese, 2001).
• Sautter, Carl. How To Sell Your Screenplay: The Real Rules of Film and Television (New Chapter paperback, 1992).
• Schanzer, Karl and Thomas Lee Wright, American Screenwriters (Avon, 1993).
• Seger, Linda. The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film (Henry Holt, 1992).
• Seger, Linda. Creating Unforgettable Characters (Henry Holt, 1990).
• Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great: 2nd Edition (Samuel French, 1994).
• Seger, Linda. Making a Good Script Great (Samuel French, 1999).
• Straczynski, J. Michael. The Complete Book of Scriptwriting (revised edition,Writer's Digest Books, 1996).
• Stuart, Linda. Getting Your Script Through The Hollywood Maze (Acrobat Books, 1993).
• Suppa, Ron. This Business of Screenwriting (Lone Eagle Publishing, 1999).
• Tierno, Michael. Aristotle's Poetics for Screenwriters (Hyperion, 2002).
• Taylor, Thom. The Big Deal: Hollywood's Million-Dollar Spec Script Market (Quill, 1999).
• Trottier, David. The Screenwriter's Bible (third edition, Silman-James, 1998).
• Vale, Eugene. The Technique of Screen and Television Writing (Touchstone, 1982).
• Vogler, Christopher. The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers & Screenwriters (Michael Wiese Productions, 1992; revised edition available).
• Walker, Michael Chase. Power Screenwriting: The 12 Stages of Story Development (ifilm publishing, 2002).
• Wallace, Pamela. You Can Write a Movie (Writer's Digest Books, 2000).
• Walter, Richard. Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing (Plume, 1988).
• Walter, Richard. The Whole Picture (Plume, 1997).
• Webber, Marilyn. Gardner's Guide to Screewriting: The Writer's Road Map (GGC Publishing, 2000).
• Wharton, Brooke A. The Writer Got Screwed (but didn't have to) (HarperPerennial, 1996).
• Whitcomb, Cynthia. Selling Your Screenplay (Crown, 1988).
• Whitcomb, Cynthia. The Writer's Guide to Writing Your Screenplay (The Writer Books, 2002).
• Whiteside, Rich. The Screenwriting Life (Berkley Boulevard, 1998).
• Wilen, Lydia & Joan Wilen. How To Sell Your Screenplay (Square One, 2001).
• Wolf, Andrea Leigh. Sell Your Screenplay: Your Guide to the Independent Film and Television Producer (Robert D. Reed, 2001).
• Wolff, Jurgen and Kerry Cox. Top Secrets: Screenwriting (Lone Eagle, 1993).
• Wolitzer, Meg. Fitzgerald Did It: The Writer's Guide to Mastering the Screenplay (Penguin, 1999).
• Yoneda, Kathie Fong. The Script-Selling Game (Michael Weise Productions, 2002).

Many of these books have been available at local bookstores; certainly, they can be special ordered. If you don't have any luck, you might try Samuel French Theatre & Film Bookshop, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046, 323-876-0570. Of course, there's always amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com and other book-order sites.