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Write On 'Cobra Kai' Showrunners Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg
“We were all six or seven years old when [the first Karate Kid movie] came out. So all of us saw it in the theater and I think for all of us, it was probably the first time any of us had seen a movie where there was such an amazing twist that happene...
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'Primos' Creator Natasha Kline Uses Her Own Multicultural Family as Inspo
Most of us have at least a cousin or two. But Natasha Kline grew up with a whopping 12 cousins who’d all spend summers at her house in the L.A. suburb of Fontana, camping out in her room and creating quite a bit of chaos for the shy, introverted youn...
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Screenwriter Spotlight: How Labs Helped 'birth/rebirth' Writers Jumpstart Their Career
Sometimes all it takes to jumpstart your screenwriting career is someone believing in you. That definitely seems to be the case with writing duo Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien, whose three-time Spirit award-nominated feature film birth/rebirth, a ...
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Write On: 'A Family Affair' Writer Carrie Solomon
“I came up doing improv where failure is the golden standard. And in improv, if you're not failing, you're doing something wrong. I feel really lucky that that was one of my bridges into entertainment and creativity, to have such a loving relationshi...
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Screenwriter Spotlight: How Anna Klassen Turned Competition Wins into a Thriving Career
Finding your way into the Hollywood screenwriting circle is one of the hardest hurdles any aspiring writer has to face. However, there are several ways to break in. One of them is screenwriting competitions.
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3 Writing Lessons from 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Showrunner Anna Fishko
Who doesn't love a story identity, mysterious pasts, and...4D-printed body parts? Anna Fishko, showrunner and Executive Producer of sci-fi thriller Orphan Black: Echoes, pulls out all the stops in this expansion of the Orphan Black world, twisting pe...
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Write On: 'Inside Out 2' Co-Writer Dave Holstein
In this episode of Final Draft's Write On podcast, we talk with Dave Holstein, co-writer of the upcoming Disney/Pixar sequel Inside Out 2, which takes us back into the mind of a now teenage Riley as she navigates a whole new crop of personified emoti...
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Write On: 'Late Night' Host Seth Meyers
“Just a shout out to everybody who's listening who has ever written a movie. This is a true story –
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Write On: 'Ezra' Writer Tony Spiridakis
“From Robert De Niro, I learned not to force anything. Not to force your idea of how something should be and then go from there. Not, ‘Oh, this should be funny,’ or ‘Oh, I'm going make you cry.’ That's the wrong thing. You just need to think about th...
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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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