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Resources

Here is a list of resources I've used for my forays into various ventures. To purchase the books, please visit your local bookstore to see if they have them. Otherwise, you can find them at either Barnes and Noble or Amazon.

​Screenwriting:​

  • The TV Showrunner's Roadmap: 21 Navigational Tips for Screenwriters to Create and Sustain a Hit TV Series

  • The Screenwriter's Bible

  • Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

  • The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

  • Save the Cat!

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Songwriting:

  • Songwriting for Dummies

  • The Elements of Song Craft

  • Rhyming Dictionary​

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​Music:​

  • Justin Guitar

  • Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course: Lesson Book (Levels 1-3)​

  • How Music Works

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Filmmaking:​

  • Master Shots, Vol. 1, 2nd Edition

  • Master Shots, Vol. 2

  • Master Shots, Vol. 3

  • Rebel without a Crew or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player

  • Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation

  • The Filmmaker's Handbook

  • The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

  • The Filmmaker's Eye: The Language of the Lens

  • Directing Actors

  • Film Directing Shot by Shot

  • Directing, 5th Edition

  • Lessons from the Set: A DIY Guide to Your First Feature Film, From Script to Theaters

  • The Basics of Filmmaking: Screenwriting, Producing, Directing, Cinematography, Audio, & Editing

  • The Documentary Filmmaking Master Class

  • On Directing Film

  • So You Want to Be a Producer

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Acting:

  • Freeing the Natural Voice

  • The Intent to Live

  • The Art of Acting

  • Respect for Acting

  • Audition

  • An Actor Prepares

  • How to Stop Acting

  • Confessions of a Casting Director

  • Sanford Meisner on Acting

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Musicals:

  • Working on a Song

  • Finding Home

  • Tradition!

  • The Grimmerie

  • Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812

  • Welcome to Rock

  • Look, I Made a Hat

  • Finishing the Hat

  • The Musical Theatre Writer's Survival Guide

  • Broadway: The American Musical

  • How Musicals Work: And How to Write Your Own

  • The Secret Life of the American Musical

  • In the Heights: Finding Home

  • Hamilton

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Makeup:

  • Kryolan Makeup Manual

  • Rae Morris' books

  • Color Theory for the Make-Up Artist

  • Face Paint: The Story of Makeup

  • Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual

  • Makeup Your Mind

  • Basic Face

  • Making Faces

  • Designing Your Face

  • FaceForward

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