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Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2019, Presented by MovieMaker
Whether you’re grinding it out in a large or small market, the first stage of moviemaking—screenwriting—is...
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Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker: Bret Easton Ellis
In 1985, Bret Easton Ellis’ debut novel, Less than Zero, was published, introducing the 21-year-old author...
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“Being In Charge Of Your Own Story”: Tony Gilroy on the Joys and Embarrassments of Being a Writer-Director
Tony Gilroy is one of the busiest and most successful screenwriters and directors working today. His...
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Hearing What’s In Your Head: Kenneth Lonergan On His Process of Writing As a Director
Kenneth Lonergan is a playwright, screenwriter, and director best-known for his searing Oscar-winning original screenplay for...
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Keep It Simple, Keep It Relentless: Halloween‘s David Gordon Green and Danny McBride On Horror Screenwriting
Horror master John Carpenter’s 1978 classic Halloween has become so indelibly etched into the cultural consciousness,...
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Making Your Own Breaks: What Resources to Tap and What Rules to Break as a First-Time Screenwriter
When I wrote the screenplay for What They Had, my debut feature about a family thrown...
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Kindling Kinship: To Write an Adaptation, Build Bonds Between Your Creative Partners and Your Source Material
The process of adaptation is always different depending on what source material you’re working with, but...
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First Draft: 15 Outside-the-Box Screenplays That Found Box Office Success
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. While...
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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...
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Flipping the Script: How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of the Spec Script Market
It seems that every couple of years, the spec script is declared “dead.” Indeed, in January,...
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Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018, Presented by MovieMaker
Screenwriters are the first to step forward when called upon to deliver their often thankless, solitary labor,...
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I Feel Pretty: Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn Talk Co-Writing Their Feature Debut
Longtime writing duo Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn (Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into...
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How to Sell Your First Script Without Really Trying: Telling Chappaquiddick‘s True Story Got My First Movie Made
Chappaquiddick tells the story of a tragedy—the life of a promising young woman that was lost...
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Recipe For Disaster: Five Ways to Alchemize a Book Into a Workable Script From the Co-Writers of The Disaster Artist
We grew up loving movies. We also love reading books. In fact, many times while reading said books,...
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First Draft: 11 Anti-Heroes, and Ways to Develop Them In Your Screenplay
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. How...
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First Draft: Read the 2018 Oscar Nominees for Best Original and Adapted Screenplay
Are you aching to read and learn from the 2018 Oscar-nominated scripts? Look no further because...
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First Draft: Five Criminally Underrated Elements of Successful Screenplays
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What...
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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...
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First Draft: Step Up Your Game With These Seven New Year’s Resolutions For Screenwriters
As we look ahead to this new year, now’s a good time to ask, what are...
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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...
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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...
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