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Write On with 'Coming 2 America' Director Craig Brewer
Craig Brewer, Writer-Director of Hustle & Flow, Black Snake Moan and TV’s Empire, talks to guest host Sade’ Sellers about directing the sequel to Eddie Murphy’s hit comedy Coming to America. “I felt that there was a noble theme inside the sequel…...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘Nomadland’ Paves the Way for Revelatory Road Movies
Nomadland is the kind of film that keeps you thinking about it long after the closing credits. Golden Globe®-winning writer-director Chloé Zhao made the film largely in secret, after news broke that she'd be helming Marvel’s Eternals. Gathering a sma...
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Safer at Home' Writer-Director Will Wernick Talks Pandemic Thrillers
For months, the pandemic upended moviemaking. Productions were put on hold mid-shoot. Some were indefinitely rescheduled, while others were altogether cancelled. The state of the industry was a giant question mark — the severity of COVID-19 and the u...
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Write On with 'Soul' Co-Writer Mike Jones
Mike Jones speaks to Write On host Phil Galasso about the unique process of writing for Pixar, and how he, Pete Doctor and Kemp Powers collaborated on Soul. “It was a great, kind of fantastic partnership because it's hard to force partnerships, and K...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways From 'Minari'
We’ve all heard the story before: a Korean-American family moves to Arkansas because the patriarch wants to be a farmer. Okay, maybe we haven’t heard that specific story before but we all know the story of families struggling through hard times and g...
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So You Wanna Take A Screenwriting Class
We are all storytellers. Whether those stories are little white lies, two hour dramatic pieces, or three hundred pages novels, storytelling is a uniquely human trait we all share and writing is something we can all do — and I tell all my students tha...
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Final Draft Presents the 16th Annual Final Draft Awards
LOS ANGELES, March 2, 2021 -- Final Draft, a Cast & Crew Company, now in its 30th year as the industry standard for screenwriting software, held the 16th Annual Final Draft Awards this evening to honor outstanding and elevated achievement in stor...
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History of TV: Mo to the E, It's 'Moesha'
It’s been a few weeks since we took a fond look back at a comedy show, and Moesha was one that bridged dramatic subjects with humor beautifully in a sitcom package. One that was also UPN’s biggest success. Grammy Award®-winning R&B singer Brandy ...
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Live Q&A with Continuance Pictures on Adapting Novels for the Big Screen
Continuance Pictures co-founders David Gim and Tristan Barr, joined by special guest filmmaker Alexei Slater, discussed the recent launch of Continuance Publishing, their business model for adapting novels for the big screen, and how they are “revers...
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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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