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Write On with ‘POSE’ Writer-Producer Our Lady J
Our Lady J speaks to Write On about the challenges of creating a show like POSE. "Writing a lot of these storylines for POSE was challenging for my mental health because they were so triggering of experiences that were really hurtful to me and experi...
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Maximillano Contenti on making Uruguay's first slasher film, 'The Last Matinee'
A group of innocent moviegoers is about to receive the up-close thrill of a lifetime as a murderer takes up real estate inside an old cinema in The Last Matinee. Maximiliano Contenti’s latest film is a love letter to horror from screams to screen. Af...
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Stupid Cupid' examines finding what you need in the world of dating apps
Anyone who has ever struggled with online dating and invested time in searching for their person will relate to Stupid Cupid. The show, which is chock-full of bad dating experiences, is about a group of friends trying to create a dating app that "mat...
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Write On with 'iCarly' Showrunner Ali Schouten
Ali talks to Write On about how she selects writers for the Paramount + original series. "For a lot of people, it's about the specificity of 'Can they write for my show?' For me, it was a little bit more 'Can they write?'… Some of the writers that we...
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Hank Azaria-produced 'Class' explores the cultlike aspects of acting school
It’s no small feat to have your short film produced by Hank Azaria, but when one watches Class it’s evident why the actor took on the project. The film is a wild look at one cultlike acting class that will likely have lasting effects on all the stude...
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Screenwriter Matt Lieberman on the journey to 'Free Guy' and writing for yourself
Directed by Shawn Levy and starring Ryan Reynolds and Jodie Comer, Free Guy follows a bank teller who discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game and decides to become the hero of his own story; one he rewrites himself. N...
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Write On with Big Break Winner Stacie Gancayco-Adlao
Stacie Gancayco-Adlao was a Grand Prize Winner in the 2020 Big Break Screenwriting Contest for her feature film script Clementine. Big Break Contest Director Kala Guess talks to Stacie about what it was like winning the contest, how Stacie's network ...
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Siân Heder's 'CODA': Writing and directing a film with deaf actors from a hearing person's perspective
CODA (also the acronym for Child of Deaf Adults) written and directed by Siân Heder follows Ruby (Emilia Jones), the only hearing person in her deaf family. A beautiful coming-of-age film with all the familiar genre beats, CODA takes the viewer on a ...
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Christopher J. O’Bryant on trading script reads and Twitter handles
Debt collector by day, screenwriter and professional writers champion by night, Christopher J. O’Bryant is a 2019 Academy Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist and 2020 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards finalist. But just add those prestigious cre...
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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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