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7 ways to enhance your dialogue and find your voice
When you think of masterful movie dialogue the names Aaron Sorkin, Quentin Tarantino and Nora Ephron come to mind. It’s a specialty in screenwriting to craft the words that characters say that are both believable and yet like how no one else talks.
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The Bricks of Breaking In: Julie Sagalowsky Diaz On Finding Your Voice
Julie Sagalowsky Diaz (Surfside Girls, The Shannara Chronicles) always found herself interested in performing as she did a lot of choir and musical theater in her youth. She recalls, “That was kind of my avenue into television, film and the arts at l...
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How To Decide What To Write
Maybe you want to write a screenplay or pilot, but you don’t have any ideas, or you have a few ideas, but you don’t know if they’re any good. Or maybe you have too many ideas and you don’t know which is the best one to focus on. Whether it’s too many...
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Connectivity in Storytelling and Flow Lines
When you watch a movie or TV show, you’ll notice that within the larger story there are various subplots.
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Take 5: ‘Glass Onion’ unravels another murder mystery
There is no such thing as a straight-forward ‘who dun it’ story. The point is to keep the audience guessing while dropping clues and sending the narrative on any number of constant twists and turns. In his latest film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Myster...
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Take 5: Writing lessons from the Christmas Rom-Com 'Hotel for the Holidays'
Holiday romantic-comedies are a big business. These films appear on multiple cable channels and streaming services with each one trying to maintain originality while also having to play off similar tropes. Hotel for the Holidays is a new light-hearte...
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Screenwriting lessons from Spielberg’s Origin Story: ‘The Fabelmans’
What was Steven Spielberg like before he became Steven Spielberg? In the new film The Fabelmans, Spielberg tells the true story of what drove one of the best filmmakers in the history of the industry to become the person he is today. This semi-autobi...
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Imposter Syndrome? Here's how to deal with it
I’ve been writing for over a decade and I still think I suck. Maybe not all the time, but most of the time. Sometimes I fear that people will catch on that I'm not good at this writing thing, and all of my dreams will be shattered. And when I think I...
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How to keep writing during the holiday season
The holiday season is a great time for eating, drinking, and reuniting with friends and family, but it’s typically a terrible time for your writing. Plus there are all those favorite holiday movies that are so hard to peel away from! I started to get...
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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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