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Gone are the days when you only had to choose between The Beatles and The Stones, i.e. between Final Draft or MM Screenwriter. Thank God for the impact of the web on screenwriting, with a plethora of new options marketed to all screenwriters, rich or poor. The list keeps growing by the day.

The noms are known. Some are in, some are out. The survey question this week is not who do you THINK will win, nor who would you LIKE to win. We would like to know which script would in your view most DESERVE the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay? ____________________________________________ [poll id=”5″] Thank you for … Read more

For many, music stimulates the Muse. Do you have music in the background (or foreground) while writing?  Or are you hell-bent on dead silence? And if music is your Muse, what is your specific soundtrack? Tell us in the poll and the comments! ____________________________________________ [poll id=”4″] Thank you for voting. If you have a Twitter … Read more

Every first Tuesday of the month, we publish a structural breakdown of a popular film. This month we did Avatar, last month you voted for Shaun of the Dead. Pick a film you know well or one you can watch over the next two weeks, so we can compare notes. ____________________________________________ [poll id=”3″] Thank you … Read more

With four leading best picture contenders ineligible for the WGA award, some say the award has taken a serious knock in predicting the outcome of the Oscars. We’d like to see which nominee you expect to have the best chance of an Oscar win. Cast your vote in our first poll of the year! ____________________________________________ … Read more