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Breaking into Hollywood Reading List

Hollywood Assistant Essentials:
The Hollywood Assistants Handbook by Hillary Stamm & Peter Nowalk
The Mailroom by Davin Rensin
To My Assistant by Lydia Whitlock
Welcome to the Real World by Lauren Berger
Adult Stuff: Things You Need to Know to Win at Real Life by Robert Boesel & Matt Moore
It's All Your Fault: How to Make it as a Hollywood Assistant by Bill Robinson and Ceridwen Morris
Set Life: A Guide To Getting a Job In Film (And Keeping It) by Matthew Webb

Entertainment Industry Insights:
Top of the Rock by Warren Littlefield
DisneyWar by James B. Stewart
Desperate Networks by Bill Carter
This Business of Television by Howard J. Blumenthal and Oliver R. Goodenough
Conversations with My Agent by Rob Long
Small Screen, Big Picture by Chad Gervich
How To Manage Your Agent by Chad Gervich
Power House: The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency by James Andrew Miller

Screenwriting and Storytelling Fundamentals:
Screenplay by Syd Field
Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
Your Screenplay Sucks! by William Akers
Writing the TV Drama Series by Pamela Douglas
The TV Writer's Workbook by Ellen Sandler
Story by Robert McKee
On Writing by Stephen King

Industry Memoirs:
Created By by Steven Prigge
Sit Ubu Sit by Gary David Goldberg​
You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom by Phil Rosenthal
Poking a Dead Frog: Conversations with Today's Top Comedy Writers by Mike Sachs
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Just the Funny Parts...And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking into the Hollywood Boys Club by Nell Scovell
Conversations with My Agent by Rob Long

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