Recommended readings & Viewings

ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES

ARTICLES/VIDEOS

ANTI-RACISM BOOKS​
  • Critical Creative Writing: Essential Readings on the Writer's Craft  by Janelle Adsit,
  • How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
  • Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
SCREENWRITING BOOKS & BOOKS HELPFUL FOR SCREENWRITERS
  • A Stranger's Journey: Race, Identity, & Narrative Craft in Writing by David Mura
  • Invisible Ink by Brian McDonald
  • Making A Good Script Great by Linda Seger
  • Screenplay by Syd Field
  • Screenwriting 434 by Lew Hunter
  • Scriptwriting for Web Series: Writing for the Digital Age by Marie Drennan, Yuri Baranovsky, and Vlad Baranovsky
  • Story by Robert McKee
  • The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri
  • The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra
  • The Hollywood Standard by Christopher Riley
  • The Secret of Life through Screenwriting by Joy Cheriel Brown
  • The Writer’s Journey by Christopher Vogler
  • Writing Intersectional Identities: Keywords for Creative Writers, by Janelle Adsit  and Renée M. Byrd
  • Writing Screenplays That Sell by Michael Hague
  • Writing the TV Drama by Pamela Douglas


ON CREATIVITY
  • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
  • Wired for Story by Lisa Cron
 RESOURCES/LINKS