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Spec Spotlight: Max Yaney and Luke Goltz, writers of "Smoke"
There are many different ways to meet a writing partner. It may be someone you went to school with, a work colleague at the office, or, in the case of Max Yaney and Luke Goltz, somehow who just turns up on your doorstep.
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The Martian screenwriter, Drew Goddard writes life on Mars by focusing on character
Nominated for an Emmy for his work writing and producing Lost, Drew Goddard has also written great genre films like World War Z and The Cabin in the Woods, the latter of which he also directed. We sat down with him to find out what making an epic spa...
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Paradigm Agent David Boxerbaum on the Business of Screenwriting
by Lee Jessup, Career Coach for Professional & Emerging Screenwriters
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Spec Spotlight: Brandon Barker, writer of "Nottingham & Hood"
When Brandon Barker was a child his mother read him bedtime stories. They were usually fairy tales, and Brandon was so captivated by these adventures that he would record the sound of his mother’s voice on a cassette tape.
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Together We Climb, Divided We Fall - FreeFall Writers Sean Finegan and Gregg Maxwell
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Spec Spotlight: Peter Hoare, writer of "Killing David Hasselhoff"
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Learning to Adapt - Jesse Andrews on Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
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The Final Draft/New York Film Academy Fellowship: Writing for Film & Television
What happens after you win a screenwriting contest? For far too many writers, not a whole lot. Winners and finalists of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest have a very good track record for success, but the company wanted to do more to em...
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Spec Spotlight: Kristina Lauren Anderson, writer of “Catherine the Great”
Every year Hollywood’s emerging screenwriters wait with bated breath for the annual Black List, a collation of the town’s best unproduced screenplays as judged by industry insiders. This year delivered good news for writer Kristina Lauren Anderson, w...
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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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