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Character Study Part II: 4 Tips to Create An Intriguing Character Arc
In Character Study Part I, we talked about three kinds of character arcs: the change, the growth, and the fall. Seems simple enough; create a journey for your character to go on that ensures they follow one of those trajectories and you’ve got yourse...
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History of TV: His Royal Freshness, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’
The opening beats of ‘90s neon gem The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air serve up a healthy dose of nostalgia and smiles. Kids these days can still thankfully catch a pre-action hero Will Smith — who then in his twenties was the teen from the rough West Philly...
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6 Do's And Don’ts On Getting Into the Christmas Movie Business
Flashback to: Christmas 2017. While visiting family for the holidays, I found myself watching a ton of made-for-TV Christmas movies. Like many of us, I’m a sucker for them when the season rolls around. More importantly, I also realized the following:...
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Amplifying New Voices: A Very Short Conference for Film and TV Writers
Check out these three great panels from professional writers, agents, producers, entertainment lawyers, and doctors as they discuss and deliver personal insight on topics such as finding representation as a new creative, navigating how to break into ...
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Why Write Christmas Movies?
As we head into the holiday season of 2020, the year that many are calling a dumpster fire year, there is a sense of getting it over with. People want to head into next year with the hope it will be better, even if we’re still dealing with cleaning u...
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Write On with 'I'm Your Woman' Writers Jordan Horowitz and Julia Hart
I'm Your Woman writers Jordan Horowitz and Julia Hart discuss telling genre stories through new lenses, the power of silence on screen, and much more. Rachel Brosnahan stars in this 1970's set crime-thriller as a woman forced to go on the run with he...
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: Hulu’s ‘Happiest Season’
Holiday movie season is in full swing and this year it's bringing audiences the first mainstream queer romantic comedy ever. Despite some backlash about the fact that the movie hinges on family acceptance of a closeted main character (most critics to...
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‘Luxor’ Is a Luxurious and Subtle Study in Healing
Post-traumatic stress disorder is not something easily portrayed onscreen. It presents itself in different ways — a sneaky ailment that can come and go, and live in the shadows of those it haunts, striking at the most unexpected moments. Luxor tells ...
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Write On with 'Happiest Season' Writer-Director Clea DuVall
Happiest Season writer-director Clea DuVall discusses telling a universal story through a unique lens, working within the romantic-comedy and Christmas movies genres, her approach to writing characters, and more! Kristen Stewart stars as a young woma...
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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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