Helen Jacey has looked at the way women are represented in film and offers so many insights. When you choose to make the lead character in your story a woman there is a reason, even if it is instinctive. The Women in the Story encourages the writer to explore that choice and looks at the power a female lead brings to the story and how to maximize the impact on the screen. I can't think of another book that has recognized that there is an interesting and unique perspective that is introduced when the lead is a Heroine.