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The Blueprint for Your Script: Why and How to Write a Treatment
You have an idea for a movie, and you’re thinking of writing a screenplay. But do you immediately “take it to script”, or should you write a treatment first?
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Jane Becker on the sincerity of writing ‘Ted Lasso’
Photo courtesy of Apple TV+ Apple TV+’s hit comedy series Ted Lasso follows an American football coach (Jason Sudeikis) who is hired to manage a British soccer team, making up for what he lacks in experience with optimism, folksy charm, and biscuits....
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Rising through the Ranks: Ariel Relaford is climbing ladders and reaching back
Photo courtesy of Ariel Relaford Producer and co-host of The SCREAMwriters Podcast, MMA practitioner, and horror-sci-fi-comedy writer Ariel Relaford discovered “screenwriter Twitter” during the pandemic—and it’s a good thing too because what started ...
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Big Break® Screenwriting Contest: Anonymous reader shares 5 most common mistakes to avoid
For six years I’ve been a reader for Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest. The annual competition has thousands of writers enter with the hope of launching a screenwriting career (in both film and television). Every year finalists and winner...
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The craft of economic writing (AKA killing your darlings)
Less is… See what your clever brain did there? Go ahead and overwrite. Get it all out... No holds barred. Seize the day. Wring out that brain sponge all over the keyboard.
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Top Gun: Maverick'
After years of struggling to find the right formulas to create new content embracing the nostalgia for the 1980s, there now continues to be a flow of quality films and TV shows based on the intellectual property (IP) of 30-40 years ago. Over the last...
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How writer-director Lisa Azuelos shows love for the City of Angels
Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios There isn’t a lot of “fictive universe” in Lisa Azuelos’ latest film I Love America, Azuelos admitted when discussing her eighth film. The longtime French writer and director said she doesn’t know how to make a story ...
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Write On with 'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino
Photo courtesy of Ginsberg Libby Featuring an all-star cast including Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5eva follows a one-hit-wonder 90s girl group as they try to reignite their pop star fame while simultaneously having...
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Halo' is a masterclass for TV genre writers
Paramount+ has introduced its TV adaptation of Xbox's Halo to an entirely new audience while hoping to enhance the expansive world for its longtime gamer fans.
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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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