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‘The Alpinist’ documents a climber’s passion for ascending impossible terrain
Who is this elusive Marc-André Leclerc?
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'The Chair' embraces difficult conversations and that's what makes it great
The Chair is the most binge-worthy show in recent memory. I sat down and watched it all in one sitting, in large part thanks to Sandra Oh’s Ji-Yoon Kim, the first woman of color to become chair of the English department at a fictional, but clearly st...
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Worth’ examines the economic cost of a human life in the wake of tragedy
What is the economic cost of a human life? Worth, the latest film by director Sara Colangelo, is the true story of a Washington D.C. attorney who must answer that question when he's tasked with creating the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
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Write On with 'Teenage Euthanasia' Co-Creators Alissa Nutting & Alyson Levy
Alissa and Alyson talk to Write On about creating the adult animated comedy series for Adult Swim starring Maria Bamford and Tim Robinson. Alissa explains: "I had this thought, somehow, that [animation] is easier than live-action, and that is not tru...
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How ’12 Mighty Orphans’ tackles the sports genre with heart and inspiration
When Rusty Russell took a position as a teacher and head football coach at a Texas orphanage, he likely didn’t think he would give hope to a nation in the midst of a Great Depression. Yet that’s what he accomplished as he took twelve scrawny high sch...
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‘The Gateway’ brings redemption to the crime thriller
Parker (Shea Whigham) is a down-on-his-luck social worker who doesn’t seem to love what he does, but rather loves what he tries to do for others. And while he can’t seem to catch a break, he refuses to give up on those he tries to help. Therefore whe...
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History of TV: We're not getting any 'Younger'... or are we?
"Youth is wasted on the young." So said playwright George Bernard Shaw (or Mark Twain or Oscar Wilde, depending on your source). And Darren Star examines just that sentiment with his 2015 foray into what happens when a recently divorced 40-year-old w...
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Write On with ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’ Writer-Producer Sarah Burgess
The playwright turned screenwriter talks about what it’s like to write material based on real people for the FX TV series. "My job was to adopt 20-something Monica [Lewinsky]'s point of view… and so I wrote based on Monica's story, and then I had the...
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A pair of (literally) killer jeans is the star of Elza Kephart's 'Slaxx'
If you've ever struggled to put your jeans on, Slaxx is for you. The horror/comedy is about a pair of killer jeans seeking revenge on an "eco-conscious" retailer. That premise alone made me rush to interview co-writer and director Elza Kephart, solid...
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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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