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Pursuing Literary Happiness with Literary Manager and Big Break Judge, Chris Coggins
From Vice President of Production and Development to Literary Manager, Chris Coggins shared her insights on the many facets of film production. After unearthing a script sample at ICM, she notably co-produced Hope Springs, starring Meryl Streep and T...
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Tech Tip: Deleting a Character from the SmartType Menu
The SmartType feature is a helpful function designed to streamline the screenwriting process by auto-completing certain elements of your script, including Characters, Character Extensions (VO or O.S.), Scene Intros (Int. or Ext.), Times and Transitio...
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Write On with Literary Manager & Big Break Judge Markus Goerg of Heroes and Villains
We chatted with Literary Manager Markus Goerg of Heroes and Villains, who recently signed two 2017 Big Break Finalists to his roster: Nicola Pinzon (Feature, Diversity) and JJ Bailey (Hour-Long, TV). Goerg shares what it takes to be a story-focused c...
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NALIP'S #WeAreInclusion Initiative: Writer-Director Nancy Mejia
For nearly 20 years, the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) has advocated for the discovery and inclusion of Latino voices in the media. In support of their mission, NALIP began the #WeAreInclusion project, showcasing the va...
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Write On with 2017 Big Break Feature-Drama Winner, Julia Mogerman
2017 Big Break Grand Prize Winner in the feature-drama category, Julia Mogerman, talks about her writing process from outlining, constructing characters and finding sources of conflict to connecting with her new manager, Jeff Portnoy of Bellevue and ...
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Tech Tip: Highlight Characters
A handy and lesser-known tool in Final Draft is Highlight Characters. The Highlight Characters tool is used to color-code individual characters and their dialogue, making table reads and scheduling and prepping for performances a breeze.
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Write On Live: A Conversation about Unionizing with Script Assistants, Coordinators and IATSE
Zach Cannon (Script Coordinator, Preacher), Marc Gaffen (Script Coordinator, Here and Now) and Leslie Simon (Business Representative, IATSE Local 871) discuss the importance of these two roles in a writers' room, unionizing with IATSE and more, live ...
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Spec Spotlight: Jacob Chase's "Infinite"
Jacob Chase’s spec, Infinite, was a long time coming. Inspired from his own life events and love of epic adventure movies, he outlined the script and was ready to write it when he sold a TV series, Harmony, to ABC. Needless to say, that overtook his ...
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Tech Tip: Importing from Another Word Processor to Final Draft 11
A question we often get asked is, “how do I import my script from another word processing program?” This is a good question because if done improperly, it can create significant issues within your script.
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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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