In general i´m not a big “fiction-reader”, most of the stuff i´m reading is technical literature on screenwriting, directing or moviemaking in general.

My regular “must-reads” are screenwriting magazines i really enjoy: Script Magazine and Creative Screenwriting. Another magazine i really like is the Austrian film-magazine Ray.

Besides this regular literature i´m currently reading The Film Director’s Intuition: Script Analysis and Rehearsal Techniques from the great author Judith Weston (which by the way also wrote Directing Actors, in my opinion one of the most valuable books on directing).

This book is not a “become a director in 21 days” like reading, it works on a completely different level. Judith Weston provides a great “behind the scenes” view of working as actor as well as director, she sheds light on working below the surface of a script.

In my opinion this book (and Directing Actors as well) is a must-read for directors, actors and screenplay writers, it is crucial to have a clue of the different approaches.

I just stumbled upon a real good blog post named Filmmaker’s Tool Kit: Creating a Movie with Web 2.0. Despite the title the post does not solely deal with web tools but also stand alone software.

The article targets indie filmmakers and therefore is a great resource for beginners and semi-professional filmmakers, it´s needless to say that if you are working on a feature movie you won´t do location scouting with Google Maps, your storyboards will be drawn by professionals, not to talk about editing the movie online. Nevertheless the post contains some real good resources for filmmakers.

The only thing i missed was software you need before you really write your script, meaning story-development software like Storylines or SuperNoteCard for Scriptwriting (for a small overview how i use that tools see this article: From idea to script - Part II).