How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!
by Thomas Lennon
Recommended by Anna Kendrick
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Humor, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
This is the only screenwriting guide by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott); These guys are proof that with no training and little education, ANYONE can make it as a screenwriter (Paul Rudd).Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennons movies have made over a billi...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Humor, Most Recommended Books, and Writing.
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Anna Kendrick
American actress (born 1985)
“Writing Movies for Fun and Profit, by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon, is hilarious, but more than that, it’s insanely accurate — right down to what your parking assignment when visiting a studio really means.”
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Consider The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. Recommended by 14 sources.
“Campbell’s work reads like a dense academic tour through world mythology, cataloging the hero’s journey in exhausting detail. You’ll encounter countless myths, rituals, and symbols tied to a common monomyth pattern. The main value lies in its ability to unveil the deep structure beneath disparate stories, from ancient epics to modern dreams. Annoyingly, the prose is thick with Jungian and Freudian interpretation, and the comparative method can feel repetitive and overreaching. It’s a book to study, not to skim—rewarding for the patient, cloying for the skeptical.”
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