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How I Got My 1st Network TV Writing Job

March 18, 2015

There are more brain surgeons then there are professional television writers. I don’t know if that’s actually a true statement but it’s something I tell people and it sure does feel true. When I was 17 years old, in my mind, I decided to become a pro...

Max Yaney and Luke Goltz, Writers of "Smoke"

March 11, 2015

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.

Seth M. Sherwood, Writer of "Interstate 5" and "Leatherface"

February 9, 2015

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...

Peter Hoare, Writer of "Killing David Hasselhoff"

January 30, 2015

Peter Hoare is a comedic writer on the verge of a great career. His first feature film, Killing David Hasselhoff, has just wrapped production, allowing Peter to quit his day job and finally make the move to Los Angeles. When we speak to Peter he is i...

Alejandro González Iñárritu, Director of "Birdman"

January 26, 2015

Final Draft was honored to catch up with Alejandro González Iñárritu at a recent press junket for Birdman, especially since we recently had the pleasure of interviewing Birdman co-writers Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, and Armando Bo for The...

Kristina Lauren Anderson, Writer of “Catherine the Great”

December 18, 2014

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...

Eric Koenig, writer of "Matriarch"

December 4, 2014

Eric Koenig is a dentist in the Air Force, stationed at a remote desert base 45 minutes north of Palmdale, California. He is also a writer on the verge, having just sold his first spec script, Matriarch, in a major six-figure deal to Paramount Pictur...

David Boxerbaum on the Business of Screenwriting

December 2, 2014

For anyone with his ear to the industry ground, super-agent David Boxerbaum needs little introduction. After all, year after year his name is associated multiple times with big spec sales, most recently that of Matriarch, an elevated thriller from a ...

Big Break Finalist Rajiv Shah's "Run the Tide"

November 1, 2014

Rajiv Shah's Run the Tide was a finalist in the 2012 Big Break Screenwriting Contest. Now, it's about to go before the cameras. Next stop, the Oscars? Starring Taylor Lautner (Twilight), Run the Tide is the story of a drug-abusing mother who is relea...