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A Filmmaker’s “Positive” Thoughts on Stress - Part 2
This is the second part of our excerpt from Pen Densham's bestselling book Riding the Alligator (strategies for a career in screenwriting and not getting eaten), about how to manage stress as a creative artist. Read part one here.
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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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Flawed Characters We Love
By Kelly Boruff
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Myth of the Likeable Lead
The one note you always get from producers is that your lead character - your protagonist - needs to be likeable. I swear, it’s as if it’s on the checklist. You have your first meeting on the script and they insist you make the protagonist more likea...
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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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An interview with Zadoc Angell, Manager at Echo Lake Entertainment
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Script Secrets: I've Seen That Before | Part I
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Spec Spotlight: Jason Mark Hellerman, writer of "Shovel Buddies"
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...
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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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