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Rising Through the Ranks: CW writer Eric Anthony Glover on good sci-fi and great people
It’s always been about a good story for Eric Anthony Glover.
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Rising Through the Ranks: Tea Ho on perseverance and raising your voice in the room
“It is what I do full-time now, but I had never considered myself a storyteller, actually,” admits Tea Ho. The Viet-American refugee has some pretty cool credits to their name, considering. Their homepage bio states “getting inducted into a now-defun...
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Rising Through the Ranks: Television writer Danielle Nicki on trusting yourself — and Bruce Wayne
From the moment Danielle Nicki mentioned that her dog’s name is Bruce Wayne, I liked her on a whole new level.
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Rising Through the Ranks: Sam Pavich on becoming a writer’s assistant on '4400'
Sam Pavich accumulated plenty of experience as an assistant throughout four years in the Echo Lake Entertainment offices before getting staffed as a writer's assistant on 4400 last March.
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Rising Through the Ranks: Welcome to the world of Jennifer Kim
Jennifer Kim’s unique brand of tragicomedy infused with heart recently landed her management with Industry Entertainment. Her specialty? Writing rebellious AAPI female characters who try to take down the system — but in a lighthearted way. Her writin...
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Rising Through the Ranks: Filmmaker Vivian Kerr on transitioning from actor to writer-director
The day we spoke, Vivian Kerr had three pitch meetings lined up after our interview for her pilot script Five Points thanks to the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge Accelerator Program.
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Rising Through the Ranks: Kelechi Urama on getting optioned to staffing on a Starz show
When you see a tweet like, "Screenwriting update: Summer of 2020, I promised myself I’d be repped by the end of the year. I was repped by fall & optioned a pilot to a studio soon after. 2021 my goal was staffing. Now that the deal is closed, I’m ...
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Rising Through the Ranks: How James Alexander went from watching 'Degrassi' to writing for Disney
"I used to race home from school to watch Disney Channel and now I’m helping MAKE one of their shows. I’m 😭 … LITERAL DREAM COME TRUE."
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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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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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