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Write On with ‘Vida’ and ‘Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts’ Writer Taylor Orci
Taylor Orci is a TV and screenwriter known for their work on Vida and the Emmy-nominated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts on Netflix. Taylor is also known for creating the web video ‘Bitchy Resting Face’ that went so viral it got the term in t...
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What's the skinny on loglines?
I’m never sure if logline is two words or one, but for the purpose of this article, let’s talk about loglines as one compound word. We don’t write “screen plays” and honestly, the spelling is the least of our worries when we’re struggling to write ab...
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Last Night in Rozzie' offers window to heal past traumas
Last Night in Rozzie is a personal film for the team behind it. Screenwriter Ryan McDonough hails from Roslindale, outside of Boston (the town, according to McDonough, was not as idyllic as it is today). McDonough wrote from a combination of personal...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: The sharp satire of 'The Premise'
Television satire is rare. There’s the eyebrow-raising South Park, the always reliable SNL, and the genre-redefining The Office, but it doesn’t seem that streamers or networks often want to take the risk on new satire, rarely putting the faith in an ...
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An introduction to the ever-changing entertainment landscape
While the landscape of entertainment is constantly evolving, there’s no doubt it has changed drastically throughout the last decade.
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History of TV: The hilarious and heartwarming 'One Day at a Time'
Family-centric sitcoms will thankfully — hopefully — never go out of style. What they will do is evolve to give us a heartwarming take on the times. One such piece of recent treasured television history is about a Cuban-American family living in Los ...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Kate' is a standout, relentless assassin
Some actors act badass but struggle to pull it off. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is a badass in Kate, a new action film by director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and writer Umair Aleem.
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Final Draft and Script Pipeline Present: Battle of the Loglines
In Final Draft's first interactive event, speakers Grace Moss (VP Equity & Inclusion, WarnerMedia), Ali Schouten (Showrunner, iCarly), and Jordan Rubio (Director of Development, 3Pas) break down the importance of your script's logline, share tips...
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Writer-director Corinna Faith on her terrifying, female-led horror flick 'The Power'
A young nurse is haunted by a supernatural presence for a sordid past and must unravel a sinister puzzle in order to survive the night. Distributed by Shudder, The Power is a grounded Victorian gothic written and directed by the talented Corinna Fait...
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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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