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‘The Skeleton Twins’ Co-Writers Explain How Tone Made Their Indie Gem Work (&...
When a film like The Skeleton Twins has a breakout success at Sundance and wins the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, you expect that the writers had a strong, clear vision for the script. You don't...
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Learn How Joss Whedon Approaches Story, Writing & Directing in 10 Minutes
Long before Joss Whedon took the helm of The Avengers and steered the Marvel franchise to the second highest box office grossing film of all time, before Buffy and Firefly, he left his job at a video...
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Lessons Learned from Tom Schulman About His Oscar-Winning Script 'Dead Poets...
A few days ago at the 21st Austin Film Festival, I had the pleasure of moderating the Script-to-Screen: Dead Poets Society panel with the film's screenwriter, Tom Schulman, who won an Oscar for this...
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John August Throws Screenwriters a Life Ring with Writer Emergency Pack
Hey, screenwriters. Ever find yourself stuck in the middle of your screenplay with no idea how to escape this awful mess you have created for yourself? If you haven't, then you're probably not a...
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Still Making Sense of 'CENTS': 5 Mistakes I Made on the Set of My First...
I learn the most from the mistakes I make. It sucks, but it's true. And on my first feature film as writer/director, I definitely made mistakes. Before we even started pre-production, I knew making my...
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6 of the Year's Most Acclaimed Screenwriters on How They Did It
Jon Favreau (Chef), Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar), Chris Rock (Top Five), Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), Anthony Morten (The Theory of Everything), and Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) have a lot to say...
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'Gone Girl', 'The Fault in Our Stars' Screenplays Now Available For Your...
Awards season has begun. That means free, legal downloads of some of the best screenplays of the year for your consideration. Thanks to 20th Century Fox, we kick off this year's awards season with the...
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'St. Vincent'&'Get on Up' Screenplays Now Available For Your Consideration
As the awards season machine revs up, we get the opportunity for more free, legal downloads of screenplays for our consideration. The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures have jumped into the fray,...
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'The Theory of Everything'&'The Boxtrolls' Screenplays Available For Your...
Make some room on your digital stack of screenplays because we have two more scripts to add to your virtual pile. Thanks to Focus Features, you can now download the screenplays for The Theory of...
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'Boyhood' Screenplay Now Available For Your Consideration
Some films take twelve years to make it to the big screen. Boyhood took twelve years to film. Now you can read the screenplay that took twelve years to write. For most films, you need a complete script...
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'Birdman', 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'& More Screenplays Available For Your...
We hope you can clear off some space on your virtual desktop because Fox Searchlight has a stack of free, legal downloadable scripts for you to read. So make room for Birdman, The Grand Budapest Hotel,...
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'Locke', 'Kill the Messenger' Screenplays Now Available For Your Consideration
Tension. It keeps people watching a movie. It also keeps people turning pages of a screenplay. And these two scripts are full of tension. If you are looking for excellent examples of tension on the...
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'Dear White People' Screenplay Available For Your Consideration
Dear White People is not a satire about race. It's a satire about race, sexuality, culture, popularity, fame, higher learning, power and even college satirists. Now, courtesy of Roadside Attractions,...
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'The Imitation Game' Screenplay Available For Your Consideration
Mathematician Alan Turing cracked German codes during World War II, ending the war two to four years sooner and saving millions of lives. In 1952, the British government convicted him of homosexual...
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'A Most Violent Year' Screenplay Available For Your Consideration
1981 was the most violent year per capita in New York City. J.C. Chandor even provides the statistics to prove it. Most screenplays use the opening pages to establish the world of the movie....
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'Unbroken', 'Into the Woods' Screenplays Available For Your Consideration
The holiday movie rush is almost here. That means award contenders opening Christmas Day are revving up their campaigns, making more screenplays available for your consideration. Admittedly, we're a...
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'Foxcatcher', 'Whiplash'& 5 More Screenplays For Your Consideration
Better make room on your virtual bookshelf because Sony Pictures Classics just put a boatload of screenplays online for your consideration (and free, legal downloads). Sony has been a little distracted...
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The 1 Thing I'm Doing To Write My Best Screenplay Ever in 2015: Get S#!t Done
I can make several resolutions to become a better screenwriter, but they all really boil down to one simple phrase: get s#!t done. Two years ago, I came up with a list of six (6!) things I was going to...
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Download & Read 8 of the 10 Oscar Nominated Screenplays for 2015 Right Now
The Oscar nominees have been announced, and if you're a little behind on your reading, we've got you covered. We've featured links to many of these screenplays already (except Nightcrawler), so if you...
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'I Smile Back' Screenwriters Amy Koppelman & Paige Dylan on Adaptation,...
At Sundance, much of the focus is on the directors, many of whom are also the writers of their films. With this in mind, I thought it would be interesting this year to focus on the screenwriters of...
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