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Flawed Characters We Love
By Kelly Boruff
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Myth of the Likeable Lead
The one note you always get from producers is that your lead character - your protagonist - needs to be likeable. I swear, it’s as if it’s on the checklist. You have your first meeting on the script and they insist you make the protagonist more likea...
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Spec Spotlight: Kristina Lauren Anderson, writer of “Catherine the Great”
Every year Hollywood’s emerging screenwriters wait with bated breath for the annual Black List, a collation of the town’s best unproduced screenplays as judged by industry insiders. This year delivered good news for writer Kristina Lauren Anderson, w...
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An interview with Zadoc Angell, Manager at Echo Lake Entertainment
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Script Secrets: I've Seen That Before | Part I
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Jason Dean Hall writes the controversial true story of Chris Kyle's life in 'American Sniper'
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: Jason Mark Hellerman, writer of "Shovel Buddies"
When Jason Mark Hellerman wrote his screenplay Shovel Buddies, it was a labor of love. Jason had lost a friend to leukemia, and wanted to write the sort of movie that would have helped him deal with the loss. Shovel Buddies is the story of a group of...
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Final Draft Insider View with Daniel Vang and Christopher Lockhart
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 ...
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Spec Spotlight: Seth M. Sherwood, writer of "Interstate 5" and the upcoming "Leatherface"
Horror is hot property in Hollywood today, and every year the annual Blood List announces the hottest unproduced genre specs in town. In 2012, new scribe Seth M. Sherwood’s tale of the son of serial killer hot on the trail of a copycat killer, Inters...
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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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