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Scheduling & Budgeting for Films

SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 3

By William C. Martell
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SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 2

By William C. Martell
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Scheduling & Budgeting for Films

SCRIPT SECRETS: Low-Budget Screenwriting, Part 1

By William C. Martell
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Scheduling & Budgeting for Films

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

By Paula Landry
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Pre-Production Overview

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

By Paula Landry
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Scheduling and Budgeting Film and TV For Beginners

By Paula Landry
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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

Writers, Head To The Office! Where You Write Matters

By Paula Landry
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!
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Writer Challenge: Read a Script a Day for 21 Days

By Paula Landry
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Beginning Screenwriting: Creating Your Logline and Synopsis

By Paula Landry
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.
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3 Ways to Improve Dialogue In Your Script

By Paula Landry
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

By Paula Landry
Paula Landry gives tips on creating a one-pager, often called a "leave behind," allowing you to better share your screenplay pitch with executives. 
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Fearless Feature Film Writers: Creating Your One-Pager

By Paula Landry
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Screenwriting Business Advice

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

By Paula Landry
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A FLICK CHICK: Story Basics

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

How to Schedule Your Screenwriting Time

By Paula Landry
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Marketing and Branding a Screenwriter

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

By Paula Landry
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

ALTERNATE ROUTES: Smartphone Filmmaking for Screenwriters

By Marty Lang
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.
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Interview with Multi-Hyphenate Dean Silvers: Empowering Writers

By Cheryl Laughlin
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A FLICK CHICK: Time to Hit the Writing Gym

By Paula Landry
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
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

By Paula Landry
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

A FLICK CHICK: Find Screenwriting Luck

By Paula Landry
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

By Paula Landry
ALTERNATE ROUTES: Write Like a Production Manager by Marty Lang | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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ALTERNATE ROUTES: Write Like a Production Manager

By Marty Lang
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WRITING WRAP UP: Writing Goals - Goal-ivate to Motivate

By Paula Landry
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How to Write a Screenplay

A FLICK CHICK: How To Write A Story That Grabs Readers, ELF Edition

By Paula Landry
Paula Landry explains how you can improve plot with character development by adding quirks, flaws and foibles. | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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A FLICK CHICK: Quirks, Flaws – Improve Plot With Character Development

By Paula Landry
Screenwriting Resources that put the Cart Before The Horse
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A FLICK CHICK: Screenwriting Resources - Update Your Toolbox by Using the RIGHT Tools

By Paula Landry
Macro Screenwriting for Microbudget Films: Work Every Scene by Cheryl Laughlin | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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Macro Screenwriting for Microbudget Films: Work Every Scene

By Cheryl Laughlin
Great Characters: Channeling the Genius of Actors - Gene Wilder by Paula Landry | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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Great Characters: Channeling the Genius of Actors - Gene Wilder

By Paula Landry
Improve your writing with new screenwriting tools and screenwriting software to hone your progress and process. New screenwriting tools and programs help!
Script Writing Resources

A FLICK CHICK: Will New Screenwriting Tools Improve My Career?

By Paula Landry
'Nobody Knows Anything (except William Goldman)' is an upcoming documentary feature about two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter, bestselling novelist, non-fiction author and playwright William Goldman. Denny Schnulo | Script Magazine #scriptchat #screenwriting
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Q & A with Director Caroline Case, 'Nobody Knows Anything (except William Goldman)'

By Denny Schnulo
SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Casting The Micro-Budget - Jane Doe Chronicles Part 2 by Paul Peditto | Script Magazine #scriptchat
Script Gods Must Die by Paul Peditto

SCRIPT GODS MUST DIE: Casting The Micro-Budget - Jane Doe Chronicles Part 2

By Paul Peditto
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

THE CRAFT: Cut the Scene! No, Don't Cut (Please)! Cut!

By John Buchanan
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LEGALLY SPEAKING, IT DEPENDS: That's a wrap! - Short Film Production Report 3

By Christopher Schiller
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WRITER'S WRAP UP: Better Storytelling with Character Development, Part 2

By Paula Landry
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Writers Wrap Up: Character Development in Storytelling

By Paula Landry
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WRITE, DIRECT, REPEAT: Chris Sparling on How Directing Made Him a Better Screenwriter

By Kim Garland
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Writing Wrap Up: 3 Tips to Writing a Better Logline

By Paula Landry
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How to Sell a Script and Build a Screenwriting Career

Writing Wrap Up: Villains We Love to Hate – Hannibal Lecter

By Paula Landry
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Writing Wrap Up: Writing Tools - On The Go Writing Apps!

By Paula Landry
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Writing Wrap Up: China Here Now!

By Paula Landry
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Writers on the Web: Crowdfunding Advice from Award-Winning Filmmaker and founder of POTA, Cindy Baer

By Rebecca Norris
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Writers on the Web: Crowdfunding Your Web Series

By Rebecca Norris
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Writers On The Web: Pre-Production - Film Budgeting in Reverse

By Rebecca Norris
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Writers On The Web: Ringleading Your Circus in Pre-Production

By Rebecca Norris
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From The Lens: Choosing A Camera for Filmmaking

By Nathan Blair
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Indievelopment: The Crowdfunding Finish Line

By Jeff Richards
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Indievelopment: Crowdfunding Week 4 - Determination

By Jeff Richards
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Writing Wrap Up: You Can Do It! - Setting Writing Goals

By Paula Landry