Hauge is the master of teaching an important concept - make your hero's motivation outwardly visible. You gotta read his book.
He also has some great free articles on screenwriting at his website.
In the process of writing my book I found story sense so helpful that if I could have I would have
put over 100 quotes from this book into my own. So yeah this book is amazing. Get it and use it!
This is an unbelievably helpful book which is often overlooked by screenwriters
because of its title. This book has helped me so much that it's one of the top five books I recommend to screenwriters.
Click on the title to read about it on Amazon. But you can buy it cheaper at Half.com
I cannot praise this book enough! Even though it was originally published in 1945 this book has ideas that will profoundly affect the way you approach screenplay writing!
The section in this book that helped me the most was on Character - read it!
Wait I can't even afford those five books! Well you're in luck your local library will be able
to lend them to you for free! What if my library doesn't have these books? Take the book titles
up to your librarian and ask about an interlibrary loan (it's when the library is allowed to borrow
books from other libraries in your state! And it's free!!!)
Also check out Michael Wiese Productions
as they have a selection of screenwriting books
you may find useful. They are the ones who published the book I rave about above called "Shot by
Shot." One of their top sellers
Save the Cat is on my list of books to read next.
I also found a lot of great information available for free online. Check out
my recommended 5 Star Links!