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Write On with 'Chucky' Writer Kim Garland
Chucky is back! Everyone’s favorite killer doll is soon to have his own TV series on SYFY, and writer Kim Garland talked to Write On about what it took to get on the writing staff: “I sat down one weekend, and I watched all seven films in a row, just...
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Write On with Black Boy Writes Founder and 'Insecure' Writer Mike Gauyo
Mike talks to Write On about his work as a mentor and the founding of his organization Black Boy Writes: "I have 11 mentees; they're all great, and they all span different genres. [We're] just breaking that myth that Black people are monolithic, we c...
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The Souvenir Part II' closes a chapter for filmmaker Joanna Hogg
Filmmaker Joanna Hogg has revisited a mixture of fact and fiction from her early life as a filmmaker once again in The Souvenir: Part II. The first film, The Souvenir, explores young love with the endlessly likable Julie (Honor Swinton Byrne), who fa...
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Filmmaker Ana Lydia Monaco, advertising president Ingrid Otero-Smart share what it means to be a Latina in entertainment
When filmmaker Ana Lydia Monaco went to get a haircut from a new hairstylist, she didn’t expect her to be a Guatemalan woman. It was the first time she had ever had her hair cut by a fellow Latina. After sitting down for the session, the hairstylist ...
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Write On with 'You' Showrunner Sera Gamble
Sera talks about the latest season of the hit Netflix series starring Penn Badgley as the obsessive and murderous Joe Goldberg: "We [gave] ourselves total permission to go in a new direction. This is not one of those premises that you can repeat in t...
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Write On with 'One Day at a Time' Showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett
Gloria talks to Write On about her process for choosing a writers’ room. "For One Day at a Time, we wanted a heavily Latino room because we were doing Latinx storylines, and we wanted to make sure that we were specific because it was a Cuban family, ...
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Rising Through the Ranks: Henry Alexander Kelly on ushering in the Nicaraguan perspective for television
"Videogames," says Henry Alexander Kelly as to his start in writing. "Videogames were my huge inspiration to create art! My mom introduced me to the world of Legend of Zelda and from there on out I was like, oh, these are stories; oh, I can do theatr...
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Aharon Keshales talks pacing, character and 'South of Heaven'
Co-writer and director Aharon Keshales’ latest feature, South of Heaven features Jason Sudeikis as Jimmy, who we meet at the end of a jail sentence for armed robbery. The film opens with Jimmy pleading to the camera to be released so that he can marr...
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Write On with 'Dopesick' Creator Danny Strong
The Hulu series starring Michael Keaton takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction. Creator Danny Strong talks about putting the show together in the midst of the pandemic: "One of the ways that I dealt with [having a ...
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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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