All posts by Ken Miyamoto
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First Draft: Ten Ways Screenwriters Can Sidestep Writing for Free
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “You have to pay your dues, right?”... -
First Draft: Screenwriting Contests and Fellowships Every Writer Should Target in 2018
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What are the best screenwriting contests, competitions,... -
First Draft: Here Are 20 of the Hottest Public Domain Properties For Screenwriters
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Hollywood has been obsessed with Intellectual Property... -
First Draft: What’s It Like to See Your Script Produced By Hollywood? Here’s How This Screenwriter Made It Happen
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Seeing your screenplay produced is the ultimate... -
First Draft: 14 Screenwriting Books Every Screenwriter Should Read
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What are the best screenwriting books on... -
First Draft: Wield These Tips To Conceive, Write, and Format Your Feature-Length Musical
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. You have a great story, great characters,... -
First Draft: Think Outside the Box With These Five Resourceful Screenwriting Career Moves
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What if we told you that there... -
First Draft: Manipulate Your Audiences’ Psychological States With These Three Screenwriting Tricks
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Suspense is everywhere in film. It drives... -
First Draft: One Secret to Great Dialogue? Make Your Script’s Silences Count
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. I’ve been on both sides of the...
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Inside the Issue: Distribution
Your Key to Distribution Success: Get Keyed in to Key Art, and You’re On Your Way to an Instantly Iconic Movie
Think about some of the most famous posters ever produced: Jaws, Scarface, Taxi Driver, The Shining, Ghostbusters, E.T., The Godfather. What do they have in common? To...2Inside the Issue: Festivals
deadCenter Film Festival 2017: Oklahoma City Is the Biggest Star Of This Consistently Great Event
Film festivals are as good as their programmers and audiences, and the deadCenter film festival has an abundance of excellence in both. From the very first...Inside the Issue: Producing
What Investors Want to Hear: Here Are the Things You Need to Be Telling Potential Financiers In Your Pitch
There are as many different ways to get funding as there are movies made, but the one thing all of those stories have in common is...6