I enjoyed and learned from the Save the Cat books.
I learned from but can't say I enjoyed 'The Art of Dramatic Writing."

On Writing, Bird by Bird and The Artist's Way (didn't finish that, I don't think)are all that I've read.

On Writing and Bird by Bird are utterly fantastic. Can't think of better books on writing that I've ever read. Ever.

The War of Art is about strategies to overcome procrastination. Alas, I made the mistake of reading it instead of writing a script I was really struggling with. As a result, I now associate it with a terrible script...

Bird By Bird and On Writing are both set texts for the vocational modules I teach on the MA Creative Writing course at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland.

I also recommend The Writer's Tale by Russell T Davies and Benjamin Cook, which are two years' worth of email correspondence while RTD was showrunner on Doctor Who. Some real dark teatime of the soul moments in that, from a BAFTA-winning writer.

There's a brilliant chapter in Ellen Sandler's The TV Writer's Workbook on treatment rewriting that applies just as well to synopsis writing for novelists. Worth buying the book just for that chapter [there's plenty of other good stuff in it, by the way].

Lamott's book is pretty good. Haven't read the others. Best books in my writing library:

The Sequence Approach by Paul Joseph Gulino -- serious solutions to my structure issues

The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri -- great insight into character development

Story by Robert McKee -- I find this book to be a continual source of inspiration to do my best and to not settle for less than my best work.

Save the Cat Goes to the Movies -- Snyder's first book was good; his second provides a very useful approach to genre. The marketing labels don't help me write a good story. Snyder's story genres do.

David Morrell (creator of Rambo) wrote a book on craft and writing thrillers that's excellent (tho' the title escapes me for the moment) and also very handy for screenwriters, too.

I reread ON WRITING once every other month, I really love it ...

Interesting how the often acclaimed Syd Field isn't on this list.

I picked up a book titled "How to Write a Screenplay in 21 Days" by Viki King. Surprisingly useful. A far relaxed way to approach the madness that is writing a screenplay. When you think about what it is you are attempting to accomplish, how it lays out, the map to finishing isn't easy. Perhaps this can help. It's sort of a outline or schedule on getting it done.

The War of Art is something I listen to while driving around LA

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The two screenwriting books that have helped me the most are Robert McKee's STORY and Dara Marks's INSIDE STORY: THE POWER OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL ARC.

McKee's book covers so much ground that it can be hard to wrap your mind around it, but it's filled with brilliant observations nonetheless, and it never fails to inspire me to do my best work.

Marks focuses almost exclusively on character arcs (as the title suggests), and in doing so illuminates that topic like no other book I've read.

Stephen King's book is wonderful. Pressfields book I wasn't so sure about, but it had some nice ideas.

I generally don't like reading about screenwriting. But if I had to recommend one it would be Elliot Grove's 'How To Write That Hot Script'

The best and most practical books I've read - Master Class in Fiction Writing, by Adam Sexton, and Dynamic Characters, by Nancy Kress.

These were useful to me in terms of learning the techniques of writing a compelling story, whether novel, short story, or screenplay.

I read The Artist's way and Bird by Bird. They are indeed wonderful books on writing. Recently, I have gone through few other classics on writing. Jill Jepson's Writing as a sacred path and Writing begins with life by Laraine Herring make a great impact on me. They have given me a refreshing outlook and soul to my writing.
Samir R Baruah