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Write On with Guest Host Lee Jessup and 2017 Big Break Feature Winner Greta Heinemann
Greta Heinemann is the Big Break feature winner for her thriller, Anatomy of a Breakdown.
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Madeline Zima Makes her Writing and Directorial Debut with "Warm Human Magic" at Dances With Films Festival
At the age of two, actress Madeline Zima performed in her first TV commercial. From there, she went on to roles in The Nanny, Californication and Heroes. Recently, Madeline stepped into a whole new type of role — that of writer-director.
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Write On with 2017 Big Break Grand Prize TV Winners Charles and Hana Callaghan
Hana and Charles Callaghan are the mother/son writing team that won over our 2017 Big Break jury of agents & managers with their one-hour diversity TV pilot, Portia's Law.
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Screenwriter Drew Pearce Talks his Directorial Debut, "Hotel Artemis"
Drew Pearce is a screenwriter who can now make the film he wants to make, his way. After all, he is the man behind Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation; which made $682.7 million worldwide, and, in collaboration with Shane Black, Iron Man 3, which brou...
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"The Fast and the Furious" Director Rob Cohen Talks His New Film, "Hurricane Heist"
It isn’t a backhanded compliment to say that Rob Cohen has been in the business a long time.
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Spec Spotlight: Adam Rose and Scott Shapiro Strike a Deal for "Pissed" with Warner Brothers
Considering they just sold a pilot script for a half-hour comedy about a man who enters a lucrative criminal enterprise, it’s fitting that Adam Rose and Scott Shapiro think big.
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Spec Spotlight: Michael and Shawn Rasmussen's "Crawl" is Fast-Tracked by Paramount
Eight years after John Carpenter directed The Ward, writers Michael and Shawn Rasmussen’s work is in the hands of horror royalty again.
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Write On with "MADMAN" Writer Alexa Garster
Up and coming writer Alexa Garster talks with us about her feature script MADMAN - an adaptation of Caleb Jenner Stephen’s book Worst Seat in the House: Henry Rathbone’s Front Row View of the Lincoln Assassination.
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Kate Novack on Race, Complexity and the Audacity to Ask in "The Gospel According to André"
Documentary filmmaker Kate Novack steps into what André Leon Talley calls the “chiffon trenches” for an intimate look at the fashion icon and former Vogue editor in her new film, The Gospel According to André. Novack, who wrote and produced the Emmy®...
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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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