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Module Reading List

Core Reading:

John Yorke, Into the woods : a five act journey into story (London: Penguin, 2013)
Paul Ashton, The calling card script : a writer's toolbox for stage, screen and radio (London: A&C Black, 2011).
Edward Fink, Dramatic Story Structure: A Primer for Screenwriters  (London: Routledge, 2013)

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Flash Fiction:

• Chris Bower, et al, My Very End of the Universe (Rose Metal Press, 2014)
• Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (Bloomsbury, 2004)
• Tara L. Masih (ed) The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction (Rose Metal Press, 2013)
• Dan Rhodes, Anthropology: And a Hundred Other Stories (Canongate, 2010)
• Jack Robinson, Days and Nights in W12 (CB Editions, 2010)
• Justin Torres, We the Animals (Granta, 2012)
• Sophie van Llewyn, Bottled Goods (Fairlight, 2018)

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Further Reading on Scriptwriting:

• Aristotle, Poetics (London: Penguin Classics, 2000).
• Mieke Bal, Narratology : introduction to the theory of narrative 4th ed. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017)
• Craig Batty et al eds., The Palgrave Handbook of Screen Production (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2019)
• Christopher Booker, The seven basic plots : why we tell stories(London: Continuum, 2004).
• Daniel P. Calvisi, Story maps : tv drama (Act Four Screenplays, 2016)
• Marti Cook, Write to TV : out of your head and onto the screen 2nd. ed. (Routledge, 2014)
• Ken Dancyger & Jeff Rush, Alternative scriptwriting : beyond the Hollywood formula, 5th ed. (London: Focal, 2013).
• Pamela Douglas, The future of television : your guide to creating TV in the new world (Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese, 2015)
• ----- Writing the TV Drama 3rd ed. (Los Angeles: Michael Wiese, 2011)
• Will Dunne, The architecture of story : a technical guide for the dramatic writer(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2016).
• Lajos Egri, The art of dramatic writing : its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives (Rockville, MD: Wildside Press, 2007).
• Syd Field, Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting (New York, NY: Delta, 2005).
• Yvonne Grace, Writing for Television (London: Creative Essentials, 2014)
• Jonathan Gottschall, The storytelling animal : how stories make us human (New York, NY: Mariner Books, 2013).
• Dan Gurskis, The short screenplay : your short film from concept to production: Your Short Film from Concept to Production (Independence, KY: Cengage Learning PTR, 2006)  
• Jeffrey Hatcher, The art and craft of playwriting(Cincinnati, OH: Story Press, 2000).
• Annette Hill, Media Experiences: Engaging with Drama and Reality Television (Routledge, 2019)
• Christina Kallas, Inside the writers' room : conversations with American TV writers (Palgrave, 2013)
• Richard Kearney, On stories (London: Routledge, 2001)
• Anne Lamott, Bird by bird : some instructions on writing and life (Bantam, 1980)
• Neil Landau, The TV Showrunner's Roadmap (Oxford: Focal, 2014)
• Neil Landau, TV writing on demand : creating great content in the digital era (Oxford: Focal Press, 2018) 
• Bob Levy, Television Development: How Hollywood Creates New TV Series (London: Routledge, 2019)
• Robert McKee, Story : substance, structure, style, and the principles of screenwriting (London: Methuen, 1999).
• Janet Neipris, A masterclass in dramatic writing : theater, film, and television (London: Routledge, 2016).
• William Rabkin, Writing the pilot : creating the series  (CreateSpace, 2017)
• Linda Seger, Writing subtext : what lies beneath  2nd ed. (Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese, 2011)
• Linda Venis, Inside the room : writing television with the pros at UCLA Extension Writers' Program (Penguin, 2014)
• Christopher Vogler, The writer's journey : mythic structure for writers (Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007)
• Devin Watson, Horror screenwriting : the nature of fear (Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese, 2009)
• John Yorke, Into the woods : a five act journey into story (London: Penguin, 2013) - Chapter 16 'Exposition' and Chapter 17 'Subtext', pp.152-168.    OCR REQUESTED BY LIBRARY (HT 10/03/2020) 

This list was last updated on 14/05/2020