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Spec Spotlight: Max Yaney and Luke Goltz, writers of "Smoke"
There are many different ways to meet a writing partner. It may be someone you went to school with, a work colleague at the office, or, in the case of Max Yaney and Luke Goltz, somehow who just turns up on your doorstep.
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The Martian screenwriter, Drew Goddard writes life on Mars by focusing on character
Nominated for an Emmy for his work writing and producing Lost, Drew Goddard has also written great genre films like World War Z and The Cabin in the Woods, the latter of which he also directed. We sat down with him to find out what making an epic spa...
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The Knick' creators Jack Amiel and Michael Begler talk research and working with Steven Soderbergh
This is a transcript of the Final Draft Insider View, a podcast that takes you inside the screenwriting industry to talk with screenwriters, television writers, executives, and industry influencers. To listen to the podcast click here. To listen to o...
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Paradigm Agent David Boxerbaum on the Business of Screenwriting
by Lee Jessup, Career Coach for Professional & Emerging Screenwriters
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Q&A: Ben Ripley, writer of 'Source Code' and 'Boychoir'
It’s been said that a new door opens into Hollywood every day, you just need to figure out how to get to be in front of the door that opens. There is no set path to success in the film industry. Writers break into Hollywood in countless different way...
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Own Your Voice: Joe Ballarini
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How To Train Your Dragon 2' Writer/Director Dean DeBlois Discusses Animation
This is a transcript of the Final Draft Insider View, a podcast that takes you inside the screenwriting industry to talk with screenwriters, television writers, executives, and industry influencers. To listen to the podcast click here. To listen to o...
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Spec Spotlight: Brandon Barker, writer of "Nottingham & Hood"
When Brandon Barker was a child his mother read him bedtime stories. They were usually fairy tales, and Brandon was so captivated by these adventures that he would record the sound of his mother’s voice on a cassette tape.
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Final Draft Insider View with the team behind Birdman
This is a transcript of the Final Draft Insider View, a podcast that takes you inside the screenwriting industry to talk with screenwriters, television writers, executives, and industry influencers. Pete D’Alessandro: This is the Final Draft Insider ...
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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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