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Writer’s Toolbox

Resources/Reading Lists

All Genres

Below you will find Reading & Resource lists for the types of writing taught at Gotham—recommended books, publications, works, and websites. These lists will usher you deep inside the world of each of these writing types. Browse and click and lose yourself here for a while.

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  • Blog & Newsletter Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Children’s Book Writing
  • Essay & Opinion Writing
  • Feature Article Writing
  • Fiction Writing
  • Food Writing
  • Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction
  • How To Get Published
  • Humor Writing
  • Memoir Writing
  • Mystery Writing
  • Nonfiction Book Proposal
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry Writing
  • Romance Writing
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
  • Screenwriting
  • Songwriting
  • Stand-Up Comedy Writing
  • Travel Writing
  • True Story: Teen Creative Nonfiction
  • TV Writing
  • Unbound: Teen Creative Writing
  • Video Game Writing

TV Writing

Publications and Podcasts
Reference
General

TV Writing - Reference

Business Books

  • Breimer, Stephen F. The Screenwriter's Legal Guide 
  • De Abreu, Carlos and Smith, Howard Jay. Opening the Doors to Hollywood
  • Gervich, Chad. Small Screen, Big Picture

Craft Books

  • Aristotle. Poetics
  • Brody, Larry. Television Writing From the Inside Out
  • Bull, Sheldon. Elephant Bucks
  • Dimaggio, Madeline. How to Write for Television
  • Douglas, Pamela. Future of Television
  • Douglas, Pamela. Writing the TV Drama Series
  • Egri, Lajos. The Art of Dramatic Writing
  • Epstein, Alex. Crafty TV Writing
  • Mendrinos, Jim. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing
  • Rabkin, William. Writing the Pilot
  • Riley, Christopher. The Hollywood Standard
  • Sandler, Ellen. TV Writer's Workbook
  • Smith, Evan. Writing Television Sitcoms
  • Trottier, David. The Screenwriter's Bible

Helpful Places

  • Ain't It Cool
  • AV Club
  • CineStory
  • Disney Writing Fellowship
  • Ep Guides
  • Filmmaker IQ
  • IMDbPro
  • IndieWire
  • Internet Movie Database
  • John August
  • Luminate Film & TV Newsletters
  • MovieBytes
  • NY Television Festival
  • Script Pipeline
  • Sundance Institute
  • The Blacklist
  • The Futon Critic
  • TV Overmind
  • TV Web
  • TV Week
  • Warner Bros. Television Workshop
  • Who Represents
  • Women and Hollywood
  • Writer's Store
  • Yahoo! TV

Organizations

  • Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
  • Directors Guild
  • Producers Guild
  • Writers Guild of America

Scripts

  • Daily Script
  • Drew's Script-O-Rama
  • Internet Movie Script Database
  • Script City

Software

  • Celtx
  • Final Draft
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