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The WGA Awards‘ TV nominations are announced! The Writers Guild of America Awards are held on February 1st in two locations – one in NYC and one in LA. The nominations…
There was a long-discussed article written by Damon Lindelof this summer regarding the rules of blockbuster screenwriting. It appeared in New York Magazine and was quickly circulated across various online…
American writers who were at their glory scripting older shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show are now rejuvenating their careers for Chinese television. E! Entertainment co-founder Larry Namer, who is also…
“Screenwriters famously get no respect.” In his article published yesterday in The New York Times Magazine, writer Adam Sternbergh called 2013 an “excellent year for the written word as spoken on-screen,” and that “we want…
Today we are officially announcing the launch of the ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, a program through which up to four screenwriters–of both features and television–will be selected to receive a year…
I love a good old-fashioned, character driven action picture that plays out on a semi-realistic scale and doesn’t involve Spandex or Norse gods, but I guess I’m in the minority….
What’s the best way to protect your screenplay? Should you register your screenplay with the US Copyright Office and/or with the Writers Guild of America Registry? This is a common…
This is by no means an exhaustive or definitive list, but these are ten scripts every screenwriter–whether aspiring newbie or seasoned pro–should read, the sooner the better. All of these…
