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Script Apart: How 'His Three Daughters' Screenwriter Turn Personal Experiences Into a Script

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5 Trademarks of John Carpenter Movies

You don’t get as iconic as John Carpenter when it comes to genre filmmaking. Carpenter's genre work in the 1970s, 1980s, and into the 1990s...

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How ‘The Outrun’ Writer/Director Adapted the Unadaptable 

Some books just seem impossible to bring to the silver screen. Whether the story outpaces current technology or it's a sweeping memoir filled with interior...

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ScreenCraft’s Writer Success Stories

Meet the writers who used ScreenCraft competitions to break into the film and TV industry.
  • Devin Fearn

    Signed with a manager at Sandstone Artists
    "The ScreenCraft team helped me formulate a solid query letter template for my script submissions, while also preparing me for the right mentality to be a working writer. The single biggest benefit though, has to be ScreenCraft pairing me with my mentor, producer Jim Klock. Jim read my Horror/Western Pilot STRANGE FLESH and took me under his wing, which resulted in invaluable notes, critical professional feedback, paid writing assignments, and an introduction to my current management team at Sandstone Artists."
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  • Sanyee Yuan

    Signed with a literary manager at Romark Entertainment
    "Even just being able to speak the greatest dreams that I harbored out loud in a meeting... really made all the difference with upholding accountability to myself. The way in which the ScreenCraft team worked with me, to gently—and very steadily—push me to articulate my goals and hone in on my intentions really set the tone for how my year unfolded. "

    "Furthermore, ScreenCraft reminded me that I was in charge of my journey, and at the same time—that I was not alone."
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  • Antoine Perry

    Signed with a literary manager at Gramercy Park
    "The fantasy and sci-fi genre allows me to express my experiences as a marginalized person without having to be so overt in displaying the cruelty and beauty of life. ScreenCraft having a contest dedicated solely to fantasy & sci-fi meant the work I put into crafting a narrative steeped in both character and world building would be valued and seen, which is something marginalized writers often struggle with."

    "ScreenCraft set a general with one of the producers who read my script, and once he learned I was not repped, they offered to send my script to his contacts. I had a manager a few months later."
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  • Shiwani Srivastava

    Signed with Manager (Affirmative Entertainment) & Agent (Paradigm Talent Agency)
    After winning the ScreenCraft Comedy Competition, the ScreenCraft team introduced her to an executive at Netflix, as well as her literary manager at Affirmative Entertainment.

    "I am not based in Los Angeles. I am in San Francisco and I thought the only way to get out there is to start entering contests and see what happens. And because of ScreenCraft, an opportunity did knock. They put me in touch with a manager, like he really understood what I was trying to do with my stories. ScreenCraft put me in touch with a producer and we ended up taking it to a major studio, who expressed interest in my script, which is beyond my wildest imagination. Eventually, everybody has some opportunity, some luck and you have to be ready, and I think ScreenCraft really helped me be ready."
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  • Matthew McLachlan

    Signed with a literary agent at Paradigm
    "ScreenCraft understands that the work is the thing and that you've already put all of this effort into the art and lets the art speak for itself. ScreenCraft also cares about writers. Throughout the whole process I feel taken care of and can feel their passion to help writers succeed."

    "ScreenCraft really sat down with me and helped me evaluate my goals and the best and next steps for how to achieve those. After my win, I have had multiple managers reach out and take meetings as well as befriending a lot of other writers."
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  • Maria Wilson

    Signed with a literary manager at Affirmative Entertainment
    "[ScreenCraft has] this wonderfully hands-on approach that helps clarify how to take actual steps towards your goals. From strategizing on game plans, to answering questions and concerns, to connecting me with other finalists, I’ve just felt super supported throughout. They even got my script read by a number of reps, and facilitated a meeting with the manager that I’m now repped by." 

    "It’s been such a whirlwind experience, and ScreenCraft has really gone above and beyond in advancing my career. I can’t thank them enough."
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Hear why industry pros signed ScreenCraft writers.

I found my client through a ScreenCraft competition. His script that placed in the competition opens with a visceral car crash. I remember how sorry I felt for the lead character — that’s what initially grabbed my interest.

ScreenCraft does a good job of tracking emerging folks, and I like that their competitions separate scripts by genre, for people like us who might be looking for specific types of writers or projects.

Jon Hersh

Literary Manager, Housefire Management
I used ScreenCraft to find writers Shiwani Srivastava, Emily Cheever, Briana Bougard. Their voices really popped off the page. Sometimes it’s as simple as saying something straightforward, but in just a unique and specific way.

ScreenCraft means you don’t need to rely on nepotism to make it. They bring voices to the forefront. The American Idol of screenwriting!

Nicholas Bogner

Literary Manager, Affirmative Entertainment
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Competitions and fellowships are great ways to build your resume and get your writing in front of industry professionals. Don’t be afraid to put your writing out there. Critical feedback is the only way you can improve.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the work of emerging writers through ScreenCraft. It’s a fantastic way to cultivate new, unique, and diverse voices.

Greg Russo

Screenwriter, Mortal Kombat, ScreenCraft Judge
ScreenCraft reached out to me about one of their competition’s winners and gave me the ‘hard sell.’ I wasn’t really looking for new clients at the time, but I was intrigued.

I fell in love with the writer’s writing, and when I met her in person we got along incredibly well. In the two years that I have worked with her, she signed with awesome agents, has written on a couple of tv series, sold an original pilot pitch, and got a studio feature assignment and a television assignment as well. She is an absolute dream client in every way, and will have a bright future.

Kailey Marsh

Literary Manager and Producer, Brillstein Entertainment Partners

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