Read a Good Book Lately?

Read a good book about your craft? Or just a good book in general? Share it here.

Marcel Nault Jr.
Screenwriting from the Soul by Richard Krevolin (1998).

A humorous, slapstick version of a screenwriter's self-help book.

Written in the style made famous by Rainer Rilke in “Letters to a Young Poet" in 1929, Krevolin doesn't pull any punches as far as the difficulties and delusions of grandeur of the Hollywoodian pipe dream. Mind you, this was written in...

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Ashley Renee Smith

I've never heard of this one, thank you for sharing, Marcel Nault Jr.!

Phoebe Turner

Sounds like a fantastic book! I'm definitely going to check it out. It sounds like a great way to learn how to write with both skill and humor.

Marcel Nault Jr.
Difficult Men by Brett Martin (2013).

The full title: Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution: from The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad, by Brett Martin, published in 2013 for Penguin Press.

It essentially tells the ascension of the figure of the sole creator of a TV series, i.e. a showrunner, with man...

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Emily J

I’ve been wanting to check this out, thanks for sharing!

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