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WENDY'S LA4HIRE's Pitch Tips - How to Ace Your Pitch by Wendy Kram | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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WENDY'S LA4HIRE's Pitch Tips - How to Ace Your Pitch

By Wendy Kram
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Script, Writer's Digest and The Writers Store are Merging!

By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Pretend You're Pixar

By Barri Evins
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A FLICK CHICK: Story Basics

By Paula Landry
Paul Peditto discusses voice over and subtext and how the Hulu show, The Handmaid’s Tale, deals with both.
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SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Voiceover & Subtext in The Handmaid's Tale

By Paul Peditto
With Hollywood's love of adapting intellectual property, Marty Lang discusses the hundreds of years worth of stories that anyone can use without paying a dime. They live in what's called the public domain.
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ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Using the Public Domain

By Marty Lang
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MEET THE READER: "The End" - Importance of the Right Story Ending

By Ray Morton
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Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Writing a TV Spec Script

By Ross Brown
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YOUR TV GUIDE to the Do's and Don'ts of Networking Mixers

By Tawnya Bhattacharya
Paul Peditto gives no-nonsense advice on how to write action lines that are lean, mean and effective. A must-read!
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SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: ActionLineapalooza! - Writing Action Lines

By Paul Peditto
The Scoop - Writing a Talk Show
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Writing of a Talk Show: Notecards, Improv and Heck Yeah – Ice Cream!

By Cheryl Laughlin
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COMEDY WRITING: How to Fix a Broken Joke

By Evan Smith
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Your Writing Motivation Sucks

By Sammy Montana
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STORY BROADS: A Mother’s Role in Creating ‘Good Men’ On Screen and Off

By Belinda Downey
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YOUR TV GUIDE to Creating Original IP: Kit Steinkellner and Quince

By Tawnya Bhattacharya
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SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: The Tunnel - An Unfiltered Journey Through Hell

By Paul Peditto
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STORY BROADS: How to Write a Romantic Comedy When You Hate Rom-Coms, Part 2

By Despina Karintis
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Complementary Strengths, Part 8

By Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
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STORY BROADS: How to Explore Female Character Bias to Transform Your Story

By Anne-Cecile Ville
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Asking What and Why: Story Begins with Defining Desire

By Jen Grisanti
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FILM REVIEW: Dunkirk

By Kevin Delin
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BREAKING & ENTERING: 100 Reasons For Hollywood Executives To Say No

By Barri Evins
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SCRIPT ARCHIVES: Screenwriter Michael Brandt Moves Behind the Camera

By Script Magazine
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MEET THE READER: Importance of Logical Conclusions in Storytelling

By Ray Morton
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: The Next - or Previous - Generation, Part 5

By Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
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How To Find And Lose An Agent At William Morris

By Paul Peditto
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IT DEPENDS: The Joys (and Dangers) of Workshopping

By Christopher Schiller
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BALLS OF STEEL: The Secret to Finding Time to Write

By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
STORY BROADS: Film Festival Tips - Top Indie Film Mistakes to Avoid
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STORY BROADS: Film Festival Tips - Top Indie Film Mistakes to Avoid

By Asmara Bhattacharya
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Jeanne's Screenwriting Tips: Writing Character Descriptors

By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
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CRAFT: Everything's Connected - Set-up, Payoff and the Twist

By Script Magazine
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Love and Marriage, Part 3

By Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
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BALLS OF STEEL: What Makes a Writer Fail?

By Jeanne Veillette Bowerman
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CRAFT: What’s in a Name - Title vs. Character Names

By Script Magazine
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Friends and "Friends" Part 2

By Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
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IT DEPENDS: What’s that mean? Words.

By Christopher Schiller
STORY BROADS: Learn How to Pitch Your Story Before You Type FADE IN
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STORY BROADS: Learn How to Pitch Your Story Before You Type FADE IN

By Anne-Cecile Ville
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Collaboration Happens, Part 1

By Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Lessons from the Writer's Guild Negotiations
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ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Lessons from the Writer's Guild Negotiations

By Marty Lang
STORY BROADS: Ways to Procrastinate and Still Write by Aarthi Ramanathan | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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STORY BROADS: 8 Ways to Procrastinate and Still Write

By Aarthi Ramanathan
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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Austin Film Festival Co-Founder Barbara Morgan on Writing Fiction Podcast Scripts

By Ashley Scott Meyers
ACHIEVING WRITING SUCCESS: Granola for Writers by Katiedid Langrock | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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ACHIEVING WRITING SUCCESS: Granola for Writers

By Katiedid Langrock
IT DEPENDS: Are you Being Served? The Budget/Story Dilemma by Christopher Schiller | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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IT DEPENDS: Are you Being Served? The Budget/Story Dilemma

By Christopher Schiller
10 Ingredients for Successful Screenwriting: Learn to Pitch by Marilyn Horowitz | Script Magazine
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10 Ingredients for Successful Screenwriting: Learn to Pitch a Screenplay

By Marilyn Horowitz
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Does Your Story Deliver?

By Barri Evins
YOUR TV GUIDE TO Defining Your Screenwriting Brand by Tawnya Bhattacharya | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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YOUR TV GUIDE TO Defining Your Screenwriting Brand

By Tawnya Bhattacharya
Jen Grisanti explains how when we learn to fill the void in story and in life, we can guide the transformation of our characters to help them achieve their goals.
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STORY: Creating Character Transformation Through Understanding the Void

By Jen Grisanti
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10 Ingredients for Successful Screenwriting: Understanding Marketing Skills

By Marilyn Horowitz
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ASK DR. FORMAT: Formatting Voiceover, Prelap and Chyron

By Dave Trottier
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Writer-Director John Hamburg on Why Him?, Why Now

By Danny Manus