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Screenwriting Publications

Scr(i)pt Magazine Creative Screenwriting Written By

Writer's Guild of America

Writer's Guild of America - West Writer's Guild of America - East

Register Your Work

U.S. Library of Congress Copyright Office

Craft

Wordplay Twoadverbs How to craft a logline BBC - Writersroom - Homepage Screenwriters Eutopia Zoetrope Robert McKee's Ten Commandments Writing Loglines that Sell The UCLA Extension Writers' Program

Software

Final Draft Movie Magic Screenwriter Script Right (for mobile devices)

Notable Events

The Sundance Film Festival The Screenwriting Expo The Screenwriting Contest in Santa Fe The Austin Film Festival

Notable Contests

Slamdance Scr(i)pt Magazine's Open Door Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Expo Final Draft's Big Break Contest

Screenwriting Fellowships

The Writer's Arc Fellowship The Nicholl Fellowship The Disney Fellowship The Sundance Screenwriter's Lab

Screenwriting Blogs

JohnAugust.com The Inside Pitch I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing Thing's They Won't Tell You in Film School The Artful Writer Man Bites Hollywood Kung Fu Monkey Danny Stack, Scriptwriting and Reading in the U.K. DISC-ontent Ken Levine The Thinking Writer Query Letters I Love Man Bytes Hollywood

Download Screenplays

Script Crawler Allmoviescripts.com Awsomefilm.com Dailyscript.com Script-o-rama.com Horrorlair.com Joblo.com Moviescriptsandscreenplays.com Screentalk.biz Simplyscripts.com

And if you can't find what your looking for, you'll probably be able to purchase it from Script City.

Marketing/Research

The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) The Daily Variety Done Deal Hollywood Creative Directory Creative Screenwriting's Resource Page InkTip HCD Online Hollywoodlitsales.com TVWriter.com Netflix Uemedia Aristotle's Poetics The Global Producer MovieBytes.com TMe 1000 Film-Video Contacts Screen Actors Guild (SAG) The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Kathie Fong Yoneda, Script Consultant Dave Trottier The Hollywood Reporter http://www.entdata.com Hollywood Stock Exchange http://www.hollywood.com http://www.movies.go.com E! Online

Networking

Scriptwriters Network Women in Film Organization of Black Screenwriters Sisters in Cinema The Tennessee Screenwriting Association The Hollywood Network

Recommended Screenwriting Books

  • Making a Good Script Great by Linda Seger
  • The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
  • The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
  • Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger
  • Dr. Format Answers Your Questions by David Trottier
  • Writing Screenplays That Sell by Michael Hauge
  • The Screenwriter's Workbook by Syd Field, Dell Publishing Co.
  • The Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting by Skip Press
  • Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger>
  • The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact & Fiction into Film by Linda Seger
  • Selling Your Screenplay by Cynthia Whitcomb
  • The Screenwriter's Bible by David Trottier
  • The Script Selling Game: A Hollywood Insider's Look At Getting Your Script Sold And Produced by Kathie Fong Yoneda
  • Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
  • The 101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters by Karl Iglesias
  • Clause by Clause: The Screenwriter's Legal Guide by Stephen F. Breimer
  • Me and You and Memento and Fargo: How Independent Screenplays Work by JJ Murphy

Screenwriting Workshops

Screenwriting: Write Your First Draft Fast (9009)

FADE IN: "Formula" marathons for writing often yield an unsatisfying script. Pour a cup of java and let's make writing fast mesh with writing quality. We cover: 1) making a script effective from the start; 2) developing story structure; 3) deepening characterization; 4) enriching scenes; 5) discovering the secrets of middles; 6) finding endings with fast finish techniques.

Level I features optional, basic-level exercises, $175;
Level III Be-A-Pro & Script Critique, includes feedback on all exercises and a critique of your finished draft, $375.

SPECIAL BENEFIT OF THIS COURSE: All levels give you a professional mentor who won't disappear after you finish the workshop. Create dynamic stories all the way to FADE OUT.
Work at your own pace. Noncredit.

Sponsored by UW-Madison Liberal Studies & the Arts.
You can register by calling (608) 262-7942, or visit the website for more details on the course:
http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/online/writing/screenwriting.htm

Christine DeSmet is an award-winning screenwriter, member of Writers Guild of America, East, a novelist, a fellowship graduate of the Warner Bros. TV Sitcom Workshop, and has a project at New Line Cinema. She writes screenplays with Peggy Williams, Madison, web maven of the WSF site.  You can contact Christine at cdesmet@dcs.wisc.edu or visit the UW website at http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing

UCLA Extension Writers' Program

The UCLA Extension Writers' Program is the nation's largest university-related writing program, offering 550 courses annually in screenwriting and creative writing.  Designed to meet the needs of sophisticated adult learners worldwide, the Writers' Program features 250 individual feature film and television writing courses each year (onsite and online), a teaching staff of 80-plus professional screenwriters, agents, and executives, two results-oriented certificate programs in feature film and television writing, a nine-month Master Class in Feature Film Writing, a Script Consultation Service, and a Screenplay Competition.

Visit http://www.uclaextension.edu writers for more information.


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