----------------------------Original message---------------------------- In reference to "Is there such a thing as 'the best (feature film) screenwriting workbook'?", I recommend Lew Hunter's SCREENWRITING 434. I use it in my classes at NYC's The New School. I don't know if it is the "best", but it is extremely practical -- he walks you through the complete process step-by-step while covering the bases of screenplay basics. And he also writes his own screenplay as he takes you through the processes. What I haven't decided yet is if the script he writes, which is *terrible*, is either a stroke of pure genuis -- inspiring you, the neophyte writer to feel confident because you will think, "I can do better than that piece of crap!" -- or is simply pure and awful writing. In either case, several of my students have used it to help them finish a first draft and I consider that a sure sign of success. Good Luck!