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To write "Gold", duo Patrick Massett & John Zinman drew from their background in acting to develop practical scenes. They also looked to "Amadeus" for inspiration on "peeling back layers" and "turning over the final card".

Writer, actor, director Taika Waititi tells us about creating a new comedy scene in New Zealand and how to keep people feeling like they're a part of your story. He also let slip the inspirations for his What We Do in the Shadows character Viago: His...

Eric Heisserer brings the science world to our doorstep and tells us what it's like to break unspoken rules while writing.

Screenwriter Noah Oppenheim talks with us about writing his first screenplay "Jackie" and the inspiration he drew from Jackie Kennedy as the custodian and myth-maker of her husband's legacy.

When Rajiv Shah submitted his script Run the Tide to the 2012 Big Break Screenwriting Contest, he never dreamed that a few years later he'd be giving an interview about watching his screenplay go from page to screen, but here we are. Final Draft sat ...

Final Draft: You adapted Philip Roth. That’s got to be a daunting challenge I would imagine. John Romano: It was! Daunting is the word! It was specifically daunting because I used to teach English and American Literature at Columbia for a while and I...