LibGuides: Scriptwriting Resources: Getting Started

About this Guide

This guide is intended to help you find resources for scriptwriting. This includes finding film and TV scripts, books on scriptwriting, podcasts, and professional blogs to get you started on your scriptwriting or scriptwriting studies journey.

This list of resources is not exhaustive and is meant as a starting point for your research and project needs.

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