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Script Secrets: I've Seen That Before | Part II

July 23, 2015

Yes, it’s a sequel.

Script Secrets: I've Seen That Before | Part I

July 15, 2015

Imagine eating a McDonald’s Big Mac for every meal for the rest of your life. Aside from whatever health problems this might cause, how long would it be until you got bored of the food and stopped tasting it? You eat one Big Mac, you have eaten them ...

How I Broke In: Douglas Soesbe

July 14, 2015

It’s been said that a new door opens into Hollywood every day, you just need to figure out how to be in front of the door that opens. There is no set path to success in the film industry. Writers break into Hollywood in countless different ways; cont...

Jesse Andrews on "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl"

June 12, 2015

Novelist and first-time screenwriter Jesse Andrews’ film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award this year at Sundance. Final Draft had a chance to sit down with him get the details from his exciting journe...

Own Your Voice: Joe Ballarini

June 10, 2015

Joe Ballarini is a writer who trades in the mythical. His scripts are populated by terrifying monsters, talking ponies, and hungry zombies.

Markus Goerg of Heroes and Villains

April 30, 2015

Markus Goerg is one manager I’ve been aware of for quite some time. Though his management company, Heroes and Villains, is a relatively young one (launched in 2008), his name garners such respect among those in the know that I was delighted at the op...

Q&A: Ben Ripley, writer of 'Source Code' and 'Boychoir'

April 24, 2015

It’s been said that a new door opens into Hollywood every day, you just need to figure out how to get to be in front of the door that opens. There is no set path to success in the film industry. Writers break into Hollywood in countless different way...

Jason Mark Hellerman, writer of "Shovel Buddies"

April 7, 2015

When Jason Mark Hellerman wrote his screenplay Shovel Buddies, it was a labor of love. Jason had lost a friend to leukemia, and wanted to write the sort of movie that would have helped him deal with the loss. Shovel Buddies is the story of a group of...

Interview with Mason Novick

March 26, 2015

Mason Novick’s client list reads like a who’s who list of screenwriters. Diablo Cody (Juno) and Jesse Andrews (writer of Sundance darling Me, Earl and the Dying Girl) are just some of the names on there. So sitting down with Mason to find out about h...