HELPFUL BOOKS

Required

• Screenplay: Writing the Picture by Russin & Downs

• Writing Short Films by Linda Cowgill

• The Hollywood Standard by Christopher Riley

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Optional (but highly recommended if you’re really into short scriptwriting)

• Crafting Short Screenplays that Connects by Claudia Hunter Johnson

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HELPFUL LINKS

Script Writing Software

• FinalDraft (free 18-week trial)

• WriterDuet

• Amazon Storywriter

• Celtx

• Slugline

• ScriptreaderPro

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Screenwriting & Filmmaking Resources

• Seed&Spark

• theScriptLab

• ScreenwritingU

• FilmCourage

• FilmRiot

• Lessons from the Screenplay

• FilmFreeway

• WithoutABox

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BU-Specific Resources

• COM Writing Center

• COM Career Services

 

Industry News

• Variety

• IndieWire

• HollywoodReporter

• FilmmakerMagazine