Pre-Production Overview

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COMEDY WRITING: Crossing the Line that Now Keeps Moving

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SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 3

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Script to Screen - Learn How to Make a Movie

SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 2

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SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 1

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Case Study on Why a Movie Can Take Decades to Make - "Black Wings Has My Angel"

The Anatomy of Screenplay Development
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You Sold Your Script - Now What? The Anatomy of Screenplay Development

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Scheduling & Budgeting for Films

Scheduling and Budgeting Film and TV for Beginners – Scheduling a Script

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Film Financing

INTERVIEW: Peter J. Storey, Founder of Greenlit – Crowdfunding Your Film

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Pre-Production Overview

Scheduling and Budgeting Film and TV for Beginners - Breaking Down a Script

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Scheduling and Budgeting Film and TV For Beginners

Most people assume that character arcs always follow the same path. But in comedy, they often take a wrong turn along the way.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

COMEDY WRITING: Funny Character Arcs Follow a Different Path

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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

Writers, Head To The Office! Where You Write Matters

Paula Landry shares lessons learned from reading screenplays. To improve your writing, take the writer challenge and read a script a day for 21 days!
Screenwriting How-To Articles

Writer Challenge: Read a Script a Day for 21 Days

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Beginning Screenwriting: Creating Your Logline and Synopsis

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How to Write a Screenplay

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Top 9 Tips for Micro-Budget Screenwriting

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

ALT-SCRIPT: Is Your Script Ready to Send to a Producer?

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

INTERVIEW: The Writers of The Unhealer Discuss Pre-Production

Dialogue can deepen an understanding of characters and amp up a every aspect of a story. Paula Landry gives three clear way to improve dialogue in your script.
Script Development Tips

3 Ways to Improve Dialogue In Your Script

Should a writer create with reckless abandon? Not always. Paula Landry examines the importance of writing to shoot your film, thinking like a director or a producer.
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Beginning Feature Film Writing - Writing to Shoot

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Dialogue Subtext - Say It Without Saying It

Paula Landry gives tips on creating a one-pager, often called a "leave behind," allowing you to better share your screenplay pitch with executives. 
Screenwriting How-To Articles

Fearless Feature Film Writers: Creating Your One-Pager

Script Magazine's Dan Goforth talked with one half of The Erwin Brothers, writer-director Jon Erwin, about making the movie "I Can Only Imagine" from a Billboard hit song.
Screenwriter Interviews

CROSS ROAD: Writer-Director Jon Erwin On Turning I Can Only Imagine From Hit Song to Film

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Screenwriting Business Advice

Learning to Love Film Scheduling and Budgeting, For Writer-Producers

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

IT DEPENDS: What is Film Packaging?

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

WENDY'S LA4HIRE: Screenplay Marketing - What Makes Buyers Invest in Your Movie?

Collaborating with friends has always been a tightrope act. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman gives tips to help you not lose the friendship over the course of a project.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

BALLS OF STEEL: Collaborating with Friends - The Walk of Shame

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

A FLICK CHICK: Story Basics

Paula Landry shares tips on finding time to write without overwhelming your life.
How to Write a Screenplay

How to Schedule Your Screenwriting Time

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

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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Analyzing Manager and Agent Feedback

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How to Write for Television

TV WRITING TIPS & TRICKS: The Art of Script Editing for Television

Script Anatomy founder and instructor Tawnya Bhattacharya shares tips for setting new years writing resolutions worth keeping.
How to Write a Screenplay

NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Writing Updates - Reviving a Screenplay (i.e. Rewrites)

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Marketing and Branding a Screenwriter

A FLICK CHICK: Virtual Reality and 360 Film Screenwriting For Writers

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

ALTERNATE ROUTES: Smartphone Filmmaking for Screenwriters

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ALTERNATE ROUTES: Blazing an Indie Trail - Gary King and 'Among Us'

Eight Baby Steps to Screenwriter Short Film. Dean Silvers talks with screenwriter Cheryl Laughlin on secret to writer's success – short film as writer showcase.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

Interview with Multi-Hyphenate Dean Silvers: Empowering Writers

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NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Scam Artists Part 2 - Welcome to Being a "Producer"

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Three Myths About Westerns and Why We Actually Love Them

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

A FLICK CHICK: Time to Hit the Writing Gym

IT DEPENDS: Are you Being Served? The Budget/Story Dilemma by Christopher Schiller | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
Screenwriting How-To Articles

IT DEPENDS: Are you Being Served? The Budget/Story Dilemma

MICRO-BUDGET HOW TO: Adapt a Play to Film, Part 1 | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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MICRO-BUDGET HOW TO: Adapt a Play to Film on a Micro-Budget, Part 1

Want Story Ideas That Rock Your Socks Off? Use lists!
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STORY BROADS: Want Story Ideas That Rock Your Socks Off? Use lists!

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

A FLICK CHICK: Find Screenwriting Luck

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Screenwriting How-To Articles

SHORT CIRCUIT: Crowdfunding - Get Your Film Rolling!

ALTERNATE ROUTES: A Worldwide Focus – Writing International Co-Productions by Marty Lang | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
Screenwriting How-To Articles

ALTERNATE ROUTES: A Worldwide Focus – Writing International Co-Productions

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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

10 Ingredients of Successful Screenwriting: Passion

A FLICK CHICK: All Screenwriting is Marketing by Paula Landry | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

A FLICK CHICK: All Screenwriting is Marketing

STORY BROADS: Script Supervisor and Script Coordinator - Who is Keeping the Integrity of Your Script on Set? by Roe Moore | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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STORY BROADS: Script Supervisor and Script Coordinator - Who is Keeping the Integrity of Your Script on Set?

ALTERNATE ROUTES: Write Like a Production Manager by Marty Lang | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
Screenwriting How-To Articles

ALTERNATE ROUTES: Write Like a Production Manager

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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Whittier Finds a Director - Part 2