Newbies could do a lot worse than start with this book for several reasons. In my time talking to and working with other people who are, or want to be screenwriters, The Screenwriter’s Bible is almost an expectation for a new writer. It is also a great building block, not everything you could ever need but a great foundation from which to build your screenwriting library.

Are there more in-depth books? Absolutely! But very few books give you the jump-start you need. Every time I can’t remember something or wonder about a specific question about screenwriting, I head to this book. No, it doesn’t have every answer, but it has a lot of them and it taught me the basics I needed in the time frame I needed them. The short of it is that The Screenwriter’s Bible is must have reading. Which almost begs the question, why review this book now? It has been on the market for a time and this version is aging. If you are into screenwriting, this book, whatever version you have, belongs on your self. This isn’t just a review then, it is a true recommendation. Put The Screenwriter's Bible on your shelf; you should have it, others will expect you to have it and of course, as Writer Boy can tell you, Amazon still recommends this book to anyone with a desire to read about screenwriting. What more do you need?