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'Lady in the Lake' Show Creator Alma Har’el Goes Deep into Character
At the core of Lady in the Lake is a noir mystery about the death of a young black woman in 1960s Baltimore. But the seven-part AppleTV+ show is so much more than a straightforward whodunit. Inspired by the 2019 book of the same name by Laura Lippman...
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'Wonderland' Writer/Director Tells You How to Survive a Screenwriting Career
Writer/director James Cox has had an incredibly successful career as a filmmaker, making movies such as Wonderland, Straight A’s, and Billionaire Boys Club. While fairy tales can come true, the film business can be a rollercoaster even for the most b...
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Oscar-Winning Writer of 'Ghost' Explores Death Experiences on Film and in Life in New Memoir
The film Ghost (1990) is one of the most iconic love stories ever put on film. Who can forget Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore sensually touching fingers through soft, buttery clay as the song “Unchained Melody” is soulfully crooned by The Righteous Bro...
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Screenwriter Spotlight: How Joe Russo Broke into Hollywood Without Knowing Anyone
If you don't know anybody in the film industry, breaking into Hollywood might seem like an impossible feat. Oh, but you'd be mistaken! In fact, we chatted with Joe Russo, screenwriter of The Inheritance, Soul Mates, and The Au Pair Nightmare, about t...
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Write On 'Cobra Kai' Showrunners Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg
“We were all six or seven years old when [the first Karate Kid movie] came out. So all of us saw it in the theater and I think for all of us, it was probably the first time any of us had seen a movie where there was such an amazing twist that happene...
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'Primos' Creator Natasha Kline Uses Her Own Multicultural Family as Inspo
Most of us have at least a cousin or two. But Natasha Kline grew up with a whopping 12 cousins who’d all spend summers at her house in the L.A. suburb of Fontana, camping out in her room and creating quite a bit of chaos for the shy, introverted youn...
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Screenwriter Spotlight: How Labs Helped 'birth/rebirth' Writers Jumpstart Their Career
Sometimes all it takes to jumpstart your screenwriting career is someone believing in you. That definitely seems to be the case with writing duo Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien, whose three-time Spirit award-nominated feature film birth/rebirth, a ...
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Write On: 'A Family Affair' Writer Carrie Solomon
“I came up doing improv where failure is the golden standard. And in improv, if you're not failing, you're doing something wrong. I feel really lucky that that was one of my bridges into entertainment and creativity, to have such a loving relationshi...
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Screenwriter Spotlight: How Anna Klassen Turned Competition Wins into a Thriving Career
Finding your way into the Hollywood screenwriting circle is one of the hardest hurdles any aspiring writer has to face. However, there are several ways to break in. One of them is screenwriting competitions.
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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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