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Together We Climb, Divided We Fall - FreeFall Writers Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell

December 4, 2015

Final Draft Insider View with Filmmaker Andrew Jenks

December 4, 2015

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 this podcast click here. To listen to ...

Spec Spotlight: Peter Hoare, writer of "Killing David Hasselhoff"

December 4, 2015

A Filmmaker's "Positive" Thoughts on Stress - Part 1

December 4, 2015

Final Draft & NYFA team for Big Break Pitch Event

December 4, 2015

After 11 weeks of hard work, rewrites, table reads, and intensive classes on the craft and business of writing for film and television, the Final Draft Big Break winners are near the end of their Fellowship at the New York Film Academy. The Fellows -...

A Filmmaker’s “Positive” Thoughts on Stress - Part 2

December 4, 2015

This is the second part of our excerpt from Pen Densham's bestselling book Riding the Alligator (strategies for a career in screenwriting and not getting eaten), about how to manage stress as a creative artist. Read part one here.

Learning to Adapt - Jesse Andrews on Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

December 4, 2015

The Final Draft/New York Film Academy Fellowship: Writing for Film & Television

December 4, 2015

What happens after you win a screenwriting contest? For far too many writers, not a whole lot. Winners and finalists of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest have a very good track record for success, but the company wanted to do more to em...