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Rising Through the Ranks: Sydney Mitchel
Behind the scenes of the popular CBS procedural NCIS: New Orleans, you’ll always find 30-year-old Sydney Mitchel working to keep her boss on track. As the assistant to showrunner Chris Silber, Mitchel has been her boss's gatekeeper and confidant sinc...
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Write On with 'The Twilight Zone' Producer Simon Kinberg
Simon Kinberg discusses how he and fellow producer Jordan Peele came together to revive The Twilight Zone, the inspiration behind the show's unrelenting twists and how they maintain entertainment and enlightenment in each episode.
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Rising Through the Ranks: Emlyn Crenshaw
Wherever showrunner Carol Barbee is, chances are, Emlyn Crenshaw's there, too.
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Wild Nights with Emily' Director Madeleine Olnek
Imagine if everything you ever knew about a beloved writer was disproven in an instant.
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Career Tips from Screenwriting Career Coach Lee Jessup
For the last 20 years, Lee Jessup has been coaching screenwriters on all elements of a successful career. Brand assessment and strategy, effective networking, crafting a memorable origin story that makes writers shine in a general meeting - Lee discu...
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Film School Spotlight: Paul Chitlik on the Loyola Marymount University Student Experience
With alumni credited for works ranging from L.A. Confidential to Criminal Minds to the One Day at a Time reboot, it is no surprise variety is a theme at the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television. Close to Hollywood, approximately ...
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Write On with 'The Wall' Writer-Director Kellie Madison
Kellie Madison, whose spec script The Wall just sold to Dolphin Entertainment, discusses her transition from acting to writing and directing, her interest in the dark side of the human condition and the early influences she hopes will help her make a...
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Spec Spotlight: 'This Is Us' Screenwriter Kay Oyegun Sells 'Assisted Living' to Paramount
Witty, charming, laugh-out-loud funny: three ways to describe 31-year-old Kay Oyegun’s feature script, Assisted Living. The comedy, which took Oyegun 10 months, seven different outlines and five drafts to write, sold to Paramount for a high six again...
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Little Woods' Sparks Conversation About Women's Rights, Poverty
“Who do you consider American? What do they look like and where do they live?”
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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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