First Draft

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30 Screenwriting Lessons From The Twilight Zone Creator Rod Serling

Here are screenwriting tips gleaned from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, first published as part of “First Draft,” a screenwriting…

4 years ago
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10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story

Since we're all spending more time indoors lately, its prime time to write that screenplay you've been putting off. So…

4 years ago
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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 pundits will testify to…

6 years ago
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First Draft: Put Audiences in Your Characters’ Shoes With These Seven Ways to Elicit Empathy in Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. How can screenwriters make audiences…

6 years ago
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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…

6 years ago
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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 do writers craft protagonists…

6 years ago
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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 if you could learn…

6 years ago
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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 are the best screenwriting…

6 years ago
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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 your screenwriting goals? What…

6 years ago
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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 has been obsessed with…

6 years ago
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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 your screenplay produced is…

6 years ago
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First Draft: Five Must-Read Classic Holiday Movie Screenplays

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What makes great holiday movies…

6 years ago
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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…

6 years ago
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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…

6 years ago
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First Draft: Your Characters Lack Uniqueness? Use These Seven Ways to Give Them Fresh Voices

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. As a former studio script…

6 years ago
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First Draft: Craft Top-Notch Cinematic Scares With These 101 Terrifying Horror Story Prompts

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Welcome to the story den…

6 years ago
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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.…

7 years ago
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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…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Everything You Need to Know About Confusing On-Screen Writing Credits

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Why are some writers credited…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Best “Plant and Payoff” Scenes Screenwriters Can Learn From

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “If, in the first chapter,…

7 years ago
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First Draft: What’s Holding Your Script Back? One Of These Four Problems Might Be Your Answer

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Frequent enough websites like this…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Three Networking Maps That Will Help Screenwriters Build Their Industry Contacts

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The old adage is that…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Know When and When Not to Rely on the Unreliable Narrator

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The unreliable narrator. A tricky figure…

7 years ago
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First Draft: Spec Scripts That Sold for Millions, But Were Never Made

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. The script market has drastically changed…

7 years ago