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Write On with 'Maid' Creator & Showrunner Molly Smith Metzler
Inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, Netflix's Maid follows Alex (Margaret Qualley), a young mother who escapes an abusive relationship and gets a job cleaning houses in order to provide for he...
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Selecting Your Script Genre for the Big Break® Screenwriting Contest
The Big Break Screenwriting Contest is an annual competition that has helped launch the careers of numerous film and television writers. Their scripts have been optioned, sold, and some writers have even secured high-profile representation. If you ha...
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Women's Weekend Film Challenge co-founders on creating opportunity
Does making an original film from start to finish over a weekend sound exciting to you? If so then you might want to check out the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge.
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Importing a PDF into Final Draft
Any screenwriter knows that one of the most gratifying moments of the writing process is the moment they convert their script to PDF. Why? Because it means the script is complete, and it’s time to email it to friends and industry reps to read. But wh...
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How ‘88’ writer-director updates the political conspiracy thriller
One of the great things about being a writer is the ability to fall in love with a concept for a story, and then create it. For writer/director Eromose, it was his fascination with political conspiracy thrillers and curiosity about how Super PACs (po...
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Process: The Joy of Pain
That’s what we're all here to do, share our joy. By joy, I mean the thrill of illustrating our thoughts through writing with the intention of seeing them produced as works of theatrical art. You can agonize all you want about your aching back, throbb...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Adam Sandler’s ‘Hustle’ is full of heart
There’s a good chance you watched Hustle this past weekend or thought about it. The movie is getting huge viewership on Netflix and is reviewing super well. That’s no surprise because trends are showing people want feel-good content right now, and th...
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Write On with 'Moon Knight' Head Writer Jeremy Slater
Based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name, Moon Knight follows Marc Spector / Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), two alters of a man with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who gets drawn into a deadly mystery involving Egyptian ...
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Rising through the Ranks: Aiko Hilkinger on diversifying the YA genre
Aiko Hilkinger is bringing her magical brand of writing diverse, LGBTQIA+ characters that inspire the next generation to the scene, starting with a show she’s currently developing with the ISA.
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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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