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Spec Spotlight: Lionsgate Purchases Stephen Herman's 'The Culling'
Screenwriter Stephen Herman is hoping to invigorate the horror genre with his new spec script The Culling, which was recently sold to Lionsgate with David F. Sandberg attached to direct.
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Q&A with Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage and Jed Shepherd writers of Shudder's 'Host'
Phil Galasso, the host of Final Draft's Write On podcast, chats with the team behind Shudder's hit horror movie Host. They dive deep into bringing the story to life, answer pre-submitted audience questions, and more!
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Write On with 'Blood Quantum' Writer-Director Jeff Barnaby
Jeff Barnaby discusses his fresh approach to the zombie genre, balancing theme and story, and more! Blood Quantum is about a zombie virus that decimates all of Earth's population except the native community of Red Crow who now has to contend with the...
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Write On with 'Host' Writers Gemma Hurley, Rob Savage, and Jed Shepherd
HOST co-writers Gemma Hurley, Jed Shepherd, and Rob Savage discuss how they managed to produce the film safely during the on-going pandemic and more.
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5 Screenwriting Takeaways: 'Love Life' on HBOMax
HBO is known for head-turning, risqué shows that are must-see television. The Sunday night block of Sex in the City and Six Feet Under is still fondly remembered as water-cooler fodder back when people went to offices and actually had shared water co...
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In Defense of Pragmatism When Deciding What to Write Next
A few weeks ago there was an article on Vulture that sent writer Twitter into a bit of a tizzy. It was with the creator of Netflix's Ratched, Evan Romansky (article here). For those who don’t know, Ratched is a series about Nurse Ratched from One Fle...
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Weekend Writing Inspiration: 6 Steps to Tackling a Major Script Revision
If you’re staring down a major script rewrite it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, particularly when dealing with large-scale structural or character changes—or both!. Even though we know “writing is rewriting,” it can be daunting to face a big overhaul, e...
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A Conversation with Hispanic / Latinx Screenwriters
Lee Jessup moderates this panel that includes screenwriters Moisés Zamora (co-showrunner, 'Selena: The Series'), Lucy Luna (writer, 'All Rise'), Pamela García Rooney (writer, 'Selena: The Series'), Claudia Forestieri (executive story editor & co-...
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Write On with 'The Boys' Writer Anslem 'Slem' Richardson
Guest host Sade' Sellers and The Boys writer Anslem 'Slem' Richardson discuss his early career with competitions and tokenism, writing for Season 2, and much more.
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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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