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Learn Screenwriting By Doing It – Online And In Your Own Time

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free screenwriting course

The below is a report of an experiment: the trial run of the legendary Immersion Screenwriting course. The beta version was a little rough and dirty – but free, and effective! A free screenwriting course? Too good to be true. Of course it is. But hear me out. As my boss in London told me, you … Read more

Best o/t Web 12 Dec

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Story & Structure :: Essence of character :: Episodic writing :: ‘Toy Story 3′ director on new beginnings and perfect endings :: Boxing’s a hit with Hollywood Script Perfection :: Screenwriting Tip: Dialogue, Beautiful action lines :: What’s it like writing for animals? :: Finding a mentor :: Screenwriter not procrastinating, just reorganizing her closet Pitching & Selling :: Coverage of Tarantino’s Natural … Read more

Your fastest draft ever

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Did you know there’s a Secret Weapon to improve your script immediately, in a matter of minutes? Final Draft has it, Microsoft Word has it. Every single word processor has it. It’s the “Find/Replace” function. Okay, perhaps it’s more like a ‘pass’ rather than a ‘draft’. Still, you can have a notably slicker draft in … Read more

FD8 – Need it or just want it?

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I have used the new release of Final Draft on and off for a couple of months now and I am reasonably satisfied  with it. I have installed version 8.0.0.,  the latest available version at the time of writing. Because I work with clients who use a variety of software, I often find myself converting … Read more