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Thompson's "Storytelling in the New Hollywood" (she argues that Hollywood narrative has 4 acts instead of the widely viewed 3) and Bordwell's "The Way Hollywood Tells It"???

They're not formal script manuals but perceptively analyze the characteristics of contemporary Hollywood screnplays/narrative.

And to further trace the tradition of the dominant Hollywood screenwriting/narrative (1960s to its formation in the teens), check out their (written along with Janet Staiger) older but ridiculously thorough "The Classical Hollywood Cinema."

Bordwell and Thompson have the best film analysis blog (see the following screenwriting focused entries to get a taste of their in-depth writing):

http://www.davidbordwell.net/essays/anatomy.php

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/category/screenwriting/


Also, Lajos Egri's "The Art of Dramatic Writing" is a major book for screenwriters.

Since Syd Field and Robert McKee's script manuals are the most widely read, you kind of have to read them. Same goes for Christopher Volger.

2 other books worth reading:

"Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work" by J.J. Murphy

"Understanding Screenwriting: Learning from Good, Not-Quite-So-Good, and Bad Screenplays" by Tom Stempel. Stempel also has a screenplay series at the House Next Door blog.

  

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Best Books On Screenwriting? [View all] , little bredren, Fri Feb-10-12 02:00 PM
 
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The Screenwriter's Workship by Syd Field is great
Feb 10th 2012
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scriptshadow.blogspot.com
Feb 10th 2012
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The one Thomas Lennon wrote
Feb 10th 2012
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^^^ one of two I live by
Feb 11th 2012
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The Devil's Guide To Hollywood by Joe Eszterhas
Feb 11th 2012
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want to co-sign Bordwell and Thompson
Feb 13th 2012
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      Yup. They value film as film. They try to figure out how they work.
Feb 14th 2012
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           RE: Yup. They value film as film. They try to figure out how they work.
Feb 14th 2012
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Another good recent book I read about being a money making...
Feb 12th 2012
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I beieve that's the Thomas Lennon one menionted above
Feb 12th 2012
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RE: Best Books On Screenwriting?
Feb 12th 2012
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Public Access E-Books (screenwriter interviews):
Feb 13th 2012
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Can we get an archive on this?
Feb 13th 2012
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