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Write On: 'The Bikeriders' Writer and Director Jeff Nichols
“You’re reading these interviews [in the book The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon] and they’re all interesting, but Kathy’s are just fascinating. You could just tell she was a character, meaning she was just this interesting, dynamic person, a person that w...
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Surprising Ways 'Nightbitch' Uses Dog Metaphor to Explore Motherhood
Directed by Marielle Heller, the new film Nightbitch stars Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mother who’s losing her dang mind. After giving up a fulfilling (though not necessarily lucrative) career as an artist, she now focuses fulltime on her husband and...
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Big Break Winners Sell True-Life Adventure Script ‘Faster Than Horses’
British writers Chris and Michael Mul, known as the Mul Brothers in the screenwriting world, have some fantastic news: their Big Break-winning screenplay, Faster Than Horses, is in pre-production with director James Erskine (Shooting for Socrates), p...
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Write On: 'The Order' Writer Zach Baylin
“I find action scenes really hard to write, I usually save them for the end. I need to get very caffeinated and then just try and get into the adrenaline of what they should feel like. With this [film] in particular, those robberies and the heist… I ...
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'An Almost Christmas Story': David Lowery Talks Animation Writing
As a storyteller, David Lowery has a flair for the formidable. His films are often steely and stern, even as his characters find themselves in fantastical situations—becoming a ghost, befriending a dragon, or pursuing a medieval knight. Lowery is the...
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5 Ways To Find a Screenwriting Manager
Many beginner screenwriters wonder how to get an agent or manager to represent them. Agents are a little trickier to get at the early stages, so it’s advisable for a beginner screenwriter to shoot for a manager first: most managers are open to readin...
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Do You Have to Live in LA to be a Screenwriter?
This is a question that’s commonly asked by many aspiring screenwriters: do you have to live in LA to be a screenwriter? Speaking from my own personal experience, I know you don’t need to live in LA to land your first screenwriting job or sell your f...
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How to Write a Historical Epic Like ‘Gladiator II’
Historical epics are rare. Long gone are the days when large-scale biblical stories were adapted to the big screen or tales of sweeping battles from centuries, if not millennia, ago brought audiences swarming to the cinemas. While they often don’t se...
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5 Things Screenwriters Can Be Thankful For
When many of us think of Thanksgiving, several things come to mind. Visiting family and loved ones, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, football or Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a turkey dinner with stuffing, sweet potato, cranberry sauce,...
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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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