Rosa Turner Knapp
favorite links & resources
RECOMMENDED READING
Armed and Dangerous: A Writer's Guide to Weapons by Michael Newton
The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film by Linda Seger
Character Naming Sourcebook by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting by Skip Press
Creative Screenwriting Magazine
The Encyclopedia of Espionage by Norman Polmar and Thomas B. Allen
Fingerprints and Talking Bones: How Real-Life Crimes are Solved by Charlotte Foltz Jones
How to Write a Romance Novel and Get it Published by Kathryn Falk
Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller 1900-1999 by Michael Korda
Name Your Baby by Lareina Rule
Oxford Modern Dictionary of Slang
Roget's Thesaurus
The Screenwriter's Bible by David Trottier
Script Magazine
Story by Robert McKee
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
The Writer Got Screwed (but didn't have to) : Guide to the Legal and Business Practices of Writing for the Entertainment Industry by Brooke A. Wharton
The Writer Magazine
WRITING LINKS
CIA World Fact Book (maps, country info., etc.)
Done Deal (daily script sales, articles and message boards)
Global Language Resource (translation tools)
Hollywood Creative Directory (lists producers and contact info.)
Internet Movie Database (terrific resource for researching films, producers, etc.)
MovieBytes.com (lists and rates contests, free newsletter and message board)
Movie Release Schedule (what's coming up & when)
The Numbers (how much did your favorite film cost to make, what did it gross?)
Preditors and Editors (publishers list, agents, etc.)
Romance Writers of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Script-o-rama (free sample scripts available to download)
Short Scripts Online (venue for selling/buying short scripts)
TV Guide MovieGuide CineBooks Database (who's involved in making TV movies)
US Copyright Office (to register your novel/script)
Variety (online version of trade magazine)
WhoRepresents.com (which Hollywood talent is "repped" by whom)
Writers Beware (watchdog site for writers)
Writers Guild of America (literary property registration service, sample contracts, standard fee schedule for WGA script deals)
Writers Script Network/Inktip.com (secure site for posting screenplays for industry access, excellent free newsletter listing production companies seeking scripts)
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~ Rosa Turner Knapp
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