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Publishing Dreams

I'm just going to throw this out there, more so for those writing books, although it can easily be considered by those writing scripts because, this actually happened. It would be great to get everyone's take on how they'd feel when they get 'The call'.

I was having a conversation with someone last...

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Karen "Kay" Ross

I totally get that. I had a meeting with my producing partner the other day, and after our very productive meeting, we had a great conversation where he basically said, "I want you behind the monitor...

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Phil Bridge

Wow Karen that's amazing! Absolutely "making it". It's funny, because in our house now, each time our phone rings, we always yell 'if that's a publisher, tell em I'll sign!' Always gets a giggle!

Annelies Morlion

I totally agree. I don't want to just get published or produced, I want people who get me and are enthusiastic about my work to publish or produce it. I don't want just anybody on my team ;-)

Rebecca James

To be honest, I don’t think about it! I figure I’ve done my job and will be happy to hand it over to a director to turn it into their dream. I am always surfing the wave and delighting in my next work. Bec

Dan Lee Mullen

I agree but also want to walk into a book store and see my book on a shelf. Ever since I was a little kid and my folks would take me to Walden Books at the Mall and I would pick up I book I would look...

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Nancy Ahern
Best Screenwriting Software

Hello Fellow Screenwriters! What do you think is the best screenwriting software? Thanks for your feedback.

John Iannucci

The best one is the one you like best and gets you too sit down and be productive. Nothing else matters - we either send PDFs or hard copies most of the time - so it doesn’t matter if it’s FD or fade...

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Dan Lee Mullen

I use Final Draft. I use to have issues with older versions of FD like 6 & 7, but since 9 came out it has been perfect. I write everything on that except for novels. TV Shows, Movies, and my comic book scripts are all on FD. I also really like their notecard outline feature.

Pete Whiting

I use writerduet. Is it the best? who knows? But its not the software that gets you a deal! As long you find it user friendly and has the features you like then write.

Doug Nelson

These Zombie posts never die.

Benadict Kwamboka

I suggest you use writer duet.

Alexandra Jimenez
Hello

Hey everyone! Since it's Introduce Yourself week, I'm Alexandra Jimenez. I'm a Honduran-American filmmaker (producer/screenwriter/director) based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. I'm currently developing an animated short film, an animated web series, and a feature documentary. I'm also doing NaNoWriMo for...

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Alexandra Jimenez

Hey Karen "Kay" Ross, yeah, currently just the students, the short films are their thesis project to finish the Signature program, and depending on how they work and everything it's how we'll onboard...

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Dan Lee Mullen

Hello...I'm in Iowa...Mid-west....Super excited to hear about your animation school. That is so cool!!!! I can't draw anything to save my life - my stick figures look like they were hit by a bus :) bu...

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Andrew Rinaldi

Welcome Alexandra. Sounds like you’ve got a few ambitious projects going on. Are you able to share more details about your documentary?

Karen "Kay" Ross

That's fantastic, Alexandra! And what a great idea to provide a scholarship to better facilitate the students you work with! I feel like I have no idea how to go about creating and implementing a scho...

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Yobani G

Nice! :) Hope to see some of ur animated projects :)

David Tackett
Character Intros on Pilot Scripts

As a noob, I don't know what the best option is with placing character bios. Are they expected to be in-line as action elements? Or do you place in in a separate cast sheet? Is it enough to just describe them physically or do you need the back story as well? I attached an example of both options on...

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David Tackett

thanks for the advice!

Christine Capone

Hi David, Something as simple as "Leroy, the truck stop handyman and Oklahoma born and raised, is peering through an open wall panel. He's Unbothered by the fact that his butt crack peeks over his dir...

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David Tackett

I just did what I should have done before even posting this... i went and read finished pilots, specifically Newsradio (IMO, one of the better multi-cam pilots out there) and 30 Rock. (The BEST sitcom pilot IMO) Caught my formatting mistakes as well.

Christine Capone

Thanks Barry! He had a lot to work with!

Christiane Lange

The second option. You do not want to clog up the script with blocks of character description. You can give some hints, and a brief physical description, but the rest has to come naturally from what h...

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Dan Lee Mullen
Owner

Excited to announce my first ever publication is coming. Its my TV Pilot that I have been working on for the past 2 years based on a concept that I created when I was 13. So, 28 years later I am going to let it see the light of day!!!! Super excited as I have always wanted to be a screenwriter and a published author.

Pat Savage

Congrats and welcome to our creative family! Happy networking Dan Lee!

Jules Lavallee

Fabulous!

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