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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ is a fun romp with a heartfelt core
The premise of the show is simple: Four girls are assigned to room together at the fictional liberal arts Essex College in Vermont — and they could not be more different. Yet, when they learn to listen to each other they find more common ground than ...
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Write On with 'Yellowjackets' Showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson
A team of wildly talented high school girl soccer players becomes the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness in the Showtime series. Showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson talk to Write On about the journey it took to...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: How ‘Spencer’ tells a fable based on a true tragedy
In December 1991, Princess Diana spent three days at the Sandringham estate to celebrate Christmas with her royal family. The film Spencer takes a look into this Christmas holiday, focusing on Diana’s mental state and how she navigates the traditions...
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Write On with ‘Dexter: New Blood’ Showrunner Clyde Phillips
Dexter is back! Showtime’s beloved serial killer returns in a new limited series, and original showrunner Clyde Phillips wants to right some of the wrongs of the controversial season finale. "It's no secret that the final season was a great disappoin...
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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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Kevin Can F**k Himself' creator Valerie Armstrong: A lesson in showing up for yourself
Valerie Armstrong is the creator of and showrunner for Kevin Can F**k Himself, AMC’s newly released dark comedy about a sitcom housewife who wakes up and realizes what she wants in life: to kill her husband.
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How Bassam Tariq upholds honesty and authenticity in ‘Mogul Mowgli’
Zed (Riz Ahmed) slips into the bathroom and sits on the toilet while his thumbs frantically run over his phone screen. His mindset is in his career as a rapper. He can see his dreams slowly coming true, one performance at a time...
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‘Boiling Point:’ How Philip Barantini turned 12 years of restaurant experience into a feature film
Come take a look behind the scenes of one of the hottest restaurants in London on one of the busiest days of the year. Boiling Point takes the perspective of the staff and puts their personal and professional problems on display. If that’s not entici...
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History of TV: 'One Tree Hill' doesn't want to be anything other than what it is
And that is teenage drama at its best. I was halfway through university when One Tree Hill premiered on The WB back in 2003. A romantic teen drama? Not too far off from where I was in life and I, too, hailed from a small town where you either fell in...
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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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