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How 'I Love That For You' co-creator Jeremy Beiler weaves multiple storylines
Photo courtesy of Showtime In Showtime’s new comedy series I Love That for You, we follow Joanna Gold (played by co-creator/co-showrunner Vanessa Bayer), a childhood leukemia survivor, who finally achieves her lifelong dream of becoming the host of a...
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Panning for Gold in Screenwriting Contests
When I first started writing screenplays, I wrote small. I came from a background of writing plays and sketches that I could produce and perform by myself or with a few friends. D.I. friggin Y... My sister (and screenwriting Mentor) Pilar Alessandra,...
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Cheer: The delicate task of storytelling without traditional scripts
After standing with arms akimbo, Maddy Brum brings one fist up in triumph. It’s beautiful. Anyone watching Netflix’s Cheer can identify her with aspirations and her desire to win. In between all the acrobatic and physical skills, there is a soul capt...
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Rising through the Ranks: Writer Eleni Rivera-Colon on digging deep to reach the top
Photo courtesy of Eleni Rivera-Colon Eleni Rivera-Colon’s social profile reads: “Small, nerdy, Puerto Rican sci-fi writer/director.” While that may sum her up on the page, in real life she’s got an energetic vibe that’s easy and engaging… with an edg...
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Sins of the father run deep in Cannes critical darling 'A Chiara'
Fifteen-year-old Chiara watches with envy as her father Claudio dances with her older sister. Grecia is celebrating her eighteenth birthday in their family home, nestled right in the middle of the pristine village of Calabria. The guests enjoy wine a...
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All My Puny Sorrows' writer-director-producer discusses mental health
All My Puny Sorrows, a heart-wrenching drama written, produced, and directed by Michael McGowan, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews, examines both the lightness and darkness that comes with depression.
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Conversations with Friends' writer-director distills the novel for TV
When it comes to adapting a novel to the screen, Conversations with Friends director and writer Lenny Abrahamson says, “I have to be fascinated by the characters. You can have an amazing and exciting story that’s a real pleasure to read but unless I ...
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Why use screenwriting software?
For nearly a century the image of a writer hunched over a typewriter has been an indelible one. From William Holden using a traditional typewriter in Sunset Boulevard to Nicolas Cage typing away on his electric one in Adaptation, this visual has beco...
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The Craft of: Voice
Voice is such an elusive and ephemeral thing, yet it can identify a writer as definitively as a fingerprint. When I hear the (literal) voice of someone familiar, even in a crowded room or in the first seconds of dialogue on screen, I often know who i...
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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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