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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

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

Dec 22, 2017
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Pretend You're Pixar

Dec 21, 2017
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A FLICK CHICK: Story Basics

Dec 15, 2017
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

Dec 6, 2017
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

Nov 28, 2017
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MEET THE READER: "The End" - Importance of the Right Story Ending

Nov 2, 2017
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Top 10 Things You Need to Know About Writing a TV Spec Script

Oct 18, 2017
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YOUR TV GUIDE to the Do's and Don'ts of Networking Mixers

Oct 11, 2017
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

Oct 4, 2017
The Scoop - Writing a Talk Show
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Writing of a Talk Show: Notecards, Improv and Heck Yeah – Ice Cream!

Sep 28, 2017
COMEDY WRITING: How to Fix a Broken Joke
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COMEDY WRITING: How to Fix a Broken Joke

Sep 22, 2017
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Your Writing Motivation Sucks

Sep 15, 2017
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STORY BROADS: A Mother’s Role in Creating ‘Good Men’ On Screen and Off

Sep 13, 2017
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YOUR TV GUIDE to Creating Original IP: Kit Steinkellner and Quince

Sep 8, 2017
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SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: The Tunnel - An Unfiltered Journey Through Hell

Sep 6, 2017
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STORY BROADS: How to Write a Romantic Comedy When You Hate Rom-Coms, Part 2

Aug 23, 2017
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Complementary Strengths, Part 8

Aug 11, 2017
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STORY BROADS: How to Explore Female Character Bias to Transform Your Story

Aug 9, 2017
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Asking What and Why: Story Begins with Defining Desire

Aug 3, 2017
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FILM REVIEW: Dunkirk

Jul 27, 2017
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BREAKING & ENTERING: 100 Reasons For Hollywood Executives To Say No

Jul 20, 2017
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SCRIPT ARCHIVES: Screenwriter Michael Brandt Moves Behind the Camera

Jul 13, 2017
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MEET THE READER: Importance of Logical Conclusions in Storytelling

Jul 7, 2017
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: The Next - or Previous - Generation, Part 5

Jul 6, 2017
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How To Find And Lose An Agent At William Morris

Jul 5, 2017
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IT DEPENDS: The Joys (and Dangers) of Workshopping

Jun 27, 2017
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BALLS OF STEEL: The Secret to Finding Time to Write

Jun 21, 2017
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

Jun 21, 2017
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Jeanne's Screenwriting Tips: Writing Character Descriptors

Jun 15, 2017
Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Stewart in The Others, written by Alejandro Amenábar.
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CRAFT: Everything's Connected - Set-up, Payoff and the Twist

Jun 9, 2017
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Love and Marriage, Part 3

Jun 9, 2017
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BALLS OF STEEL: What Makes a Writer Fail?

Jun 2, 2017
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CRAFT: What’s in a Name - Title vs. Character Names

May 31, 2017
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Friends and "Friends" Part 2

May 26, 2017
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IT DEPENDS: What’s that mean? Words.

May 23, 2017
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

May 17, 2017
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FINDING THE RIGHT WRITING PARTNER: Collaboration Happens, Part 1

May 12, 2017
ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Lessons from the Writer's Guild Negotiations
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ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Lessons from the Writer's Guild Negotiations

May 9, 2017
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

May 3, 2017
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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

May 1, 2017
ACHIEVING WRITING SUCCESS: Granola for Writers by Katiedid Langrock | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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ACHIEVING WRITING SUCCESS: Granola for Writers

Apr 28, 2017
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

Apr 25, 2017
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

Apr 21, 2017
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BREAKING & ENTERING: Does Your Story Deliver?

Apr 20, 2017
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

Apr 13, 2017
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

Apr 11, 2017
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10 Ingredients for Successful Screenwriting: Understanding Marketing Skills

Apr 7, 2017
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ASK DR. FORMAT: Formatting Voiceover, Prelap and Chyron

Apr 4, 2017
“Why Him?” star Zoey Deutch consults with Hamburg on set for the Fox holiday release starring Bryan Cranston and James Franco. COURTESY OF 20TH CENTURY FOX
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Writer-Director John Hamburg on Why Him?, Why Now

Mar 31, 2017