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5 Ways To Get Your Screenplay Read
Have you written a screenplay but you don’t know how to get industry professionals to read it? This is important because ultimately it’s about getting as many eyes on your script as possible. The more people who read it, the more chances that someone...
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Big Break Contest Judge Jeff Portnoy On Why You Should Enter
According to Jeff Portnoy, literary manager at Bellevue Productions and a judge for the 2025 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, what makes Final Draft’s screenwriting competition stand out from other screenwriting contests is its emphasis o...
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Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest 2025 opens March 10
Is your screenplay or TV pilot ready for the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Competition? With dozens of screenwriting contests out there, it’s important to consider which ones are worth your time and money. Over the past 20 years, the Big Break ...
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How Josh Flanagan’s Big Break Win Helped Jumpstart His Career
Josh Flanagan, the Comedy Feature Winner for the 2022 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest, didn’t plan on being a writer. Initially, he wanted to be a director at the University of Texas in Austin’s film school. However, that soon changed whe...
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How Video Game Writer Neil Pollner Is Finding Success in Screenwriting
Ifyou’ve heard of the games Mass Effect, Guild Wars 2, or Star Wars: The Old Republic, then you know Neil Pollner’s work. He is a successful video game writer who wrote a genre-bending action-thriller that is bound to make waves in the market. After ...
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5 Screenwriting Insights from a Professional Script Reader
Screenwriting can raise many questions or doubts about whether something is working. While asking your friends to check out your screenplay can be helpful in some ways, having a professional give you feedback can help you create a great, sellable scr...
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How Jason Kaleko Broke Into Screenwriting with Big Break
In a world filled with countless screenplay competitions, how do you know which ones can have the biggest impact on your writing career? For writer Jason Kaleko, Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest was the competition that leveled up his care...
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How Alix Reeves Won Big in a Screenwriting Contest
Screenwriting competitions can take your screenwriting career to the next level. Just ask Big Break Grand Prize winner Alix Reeves for her screenplay, QUEENPINS.
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Two-Time Big Break Quarterfinalist Finds Success with LGBTQIA-Affirming Webseries
Life is good for writer, producer and actor Frank Arthur Smith. He’s engaged to be married to the love of his life, Matt Hartman; has a supremely organized apartment, thanks to appearing in an episode of Tidying Up with Marie Kondo; he’s had two scri...
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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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