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Write On with 'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino
Photo courtesy of Ginsberg Libby Featuring an all-star cast including Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5eva follows a one-hit-wonder 90s girl group as they try to reignite their pop star fame while simultaneously having...
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For nearly a century the image of a writer hunched over a typewriter has been an indelible one. From William Holden using a traditional typewriter in Sunset Boulevard to Nicolas Cage typing away on his electric one in Adaptation, this visual has beco...
Three-Act Structure: The foundation of screenwriting
Most screenplays utilize the classic Hollywood three-act structure. At its core, the three acts represent a beginning, a middle, and an end. Some people attribute the origins of this structure to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In his earliest survi...
Write On with 'Night Sky's' Daniel C. Connolly and Holden Miller
Photos courtesy of Strategy PR Starring Academy Award® winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek, Amazon Prime's Night Sky follows married couple Franklin (Simmons) and Irene York (Spacek), who discover a portal in their backyard that leads to a deserted...
Write On with 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' writer-EP Joby Harold
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Write On with 'The Great' creator Tony McNamara
Photos courtesy of Anchor Media Strategy Commonly described as "anti-historical" historical fiction, The Great follows the comedic rise of Empress Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and explores her marriage to Emperor Peter III of Russia (Nicholas H...