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‘Mickey 17’ and writing unique Science Fiction
In the first few scenes of Mickey 17, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) through voice over explains the wild and strange reality of the world the audience is about to experience for the next 2+ hours. He shares how he became an “Expendable,” someone w...
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Embracing Failure Is a Screenwriter’s Greatest Tool
One of the most stressful parts of being a creative is dealing with failure. What if the transition between act two and act three doesn’t work? What if your secondary character’s story arc doesn’t make sense? Even worse – what if your protagonist’s s...
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Think Big, Write Small: How to Write a Short Screenplay
To make it in Hollywood, you need to dream big.
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What Is an Antagonist in Screenwriting?
An antagonist is a character whose story arc and character arc run in direct opposition to that of the protagonist — the central character driving the plot forward and facing the central conflict of the story head-on. The antagonist is usually the dr...
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5 Ways To Win a Screenwriting Contest
Maybe you’ve started or finished writing a feature screenplay or television pilot. Perhaps you’re still at the brainstorming stage. No matter what stage of the writing process you’re at, you might plan to enter your script into a screenwriting contes...
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Write On: Long Bright River Showrunner Nikki Toscano
“With an adaptation, you can never give back your first read. So, what are you taking away? What fills your soul? Why do you want to tell this story? And then that becomes sort of the North Star. And I’m tethered more by that North Star than by the a...
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Screenwriter Mike White’s Journey Before ‘The White Lotus’
With the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus the acclaimed and popular series is once again capturing audience’s imaginations. With its mixture of exotic locales, sexual intrigue and existential conflict, The White Lotus has become an event show an...
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‘House of David’: Bringing an Ancient Story to Today’s Audience
Filmed on location in Greece over five months, Prime Video’s new TV show, House of David, takes us back 3,000 years to tell the story of the biblical figure David (Michael Iskander), who not only defeats a giant named Goliath (Martyn Ford), but rises...
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How These 7 Films Led Sean Baker and 'Anora' to the Oscars
At this year’s Oscars, Anora filmmaker Sean Baker made history by personally receiving 4 Academy Award wins for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Only Warren Beatty, Alan Menken, Alfonso Cuaron and Chloe Zhao had...
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What’s new in Final Draft 13?
WRITING GOALS &
PRODUCTIVITY STATS
Set goals and get valuable insights to take your work to the next level
TYPEWRITER
A new typewriter-like view option improves your focus
EMOJI
Craft more realistic onscreen text exchanges and make your notes more emotive
And so much more, thoughtfully designed to help unleash your creativity.
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