The Reading on Writing Book Club
If you’re an avid writer, you’re probably an avid reader. We’ve got a curated reading list of books written by writers, for writers. We cover topics ranging from structure “How-to’s” to screenwriter biographies and essential IP, celebrating all aspects of the craft and those who inspire us.
You can find our reviews for each of these titles in our Reading on Writing column and join the conversation all month long in our Facebook Group!
2024 Reading List
Writers on Writing
Back to Film School
Craft Focus
History of Industry
Essential IP
Essential Non-Fiction
Additional Titles
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Film Blackness by Michael Boyce Gillespie
Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet
Screenwriting is Rewriting by Jack Epps, Jr.
The TV Writer’s Workbook by Ellen Sandler
How to Write for Animation by Jeffery Sco
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Jaws in Space by Charles Harris
The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
Why Does the Screenwriter Cross the Road? by Joe Gilford
The Courage to Write by Ralph Keyes
Aristotle’s Poetics for Screenwriters by Michael Tierno
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Danse Macabre by Stephen King
Living Double by Janeika James & Jasheika James
The Woman in the Story by Helen Jacey
Writing the Comedy Movie by Marc Blake
Writing the Romantic Comedy by Billy Mernit
When Women Wrote Hollywood Edited by Dr. Rosanne Welch
Writing the Horror Movie by Marc Blake and Sara Bailey
On Writing by Stephen King
Astrology for Writers by Corinne Kenner