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Best Books on Screenwriting | Donald Seigel

These are five books that every aspiring screenwriter must own.

1. Adventures in the Screen Trade, by William Goldman

2. Screenplay: The Foundation of Screenwriting, by Syd Field

3. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting, by Robert Mckee

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Being a Tourist in my own (Hollywood) Backyard | Community

By Michael Streefland

1. Los Angeles Conservancy Theater District Broadway Walking Tour
Very few people know that Los Angeles was once home to some of the most glamorous movie palaces in the world. They were built by all the great studios and many are still standing, converted into flea markets or boarded up, along Broadway Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. More

Life in Black & White | Rose Ors

Photo by Julia Dean

I love photography, especially black & white. I find black & white photography intimate and beautiful.

1. Book - Women in the Mirror: 1945-2004 by Anne Hollander.
Photos of women through the eyes of Richard Avedon, one of the great photographers.

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Small wonderful museums in LA! | Two Smart Dogs

We love these museums because they don’t overwhelm but are still great!

1. Zimmer Children’s Museum

2. Norton Simon (shown at right)
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Favorite Wallace Stevens Poems | Community

By Barbara Ginader

Wallace Stevens was an insurance executive and a poet. He was very influenced by painters (eg. Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist”). David Hockney published an illustrated version of Stevens’ “Man with the Blue Guitar” - poet inspired by painter, painter inspired by poet.

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