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    Script Software?

    I use Final Draft, but not just for script writing. The last two version have quite a bit of Production uses, and FD is at least semi-compatible with most other production software. My daughter is a Live Event Producer and sometimes she uses it. And if you make a sale, chances are you're going...
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    Question about the characters

    Vera (80) goes down the stairs leaning on a cane while limping. She’s frail, Glasses hang around her neck, the cane makes clicking sound is the metal bottom of her cane hitting the tile floor. Becomes: Vera (80), frail, glasses hanging around her neck, limps down the stairs on a metal cane...
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    How to begin screenwriting

    Here's a link to a Beat Sheet Calculator and an awesome Treatment Generator. https://www.sergeyberezin.com/filmmaking
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    How to begin screenwriting

    While you're write, write, writing, read the attached stuff in order to build craftsmanship. It may be a little out of date, but it's fundamentally correct. This stuff will help you learn the basics of formatting correctly, and formatting is everything for a beginner. After that, you tackle...
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    The Inaugural Peter Roth TV Internship

    This is a paid internship for college Juniors and Seniors. Peter Roth Internship
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    Questions for screenwriters!

    I am a Studio Systems trained Screenwriter who has worked as an uncredited Fix-it Writer for the last decade, as well as Director of Development and one of the Producers for a new production company in Hollywood. We were about cast our first film when the pandemic hit, and now we're waiting...
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    Questions for screenwriters!

    The main thing is to remember, unlike a scene in a novel, in a movie scene, the camera comes in late and leaves early. Secondly, consolidate. Characters, locations, everything. If, in the novel, the character goes to three different restaurants with three different waiters but the restaurants...
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    Best software for writing screenplays?

    Final Draft is the Industry standard, and if you ever end up working within the Studio System you will need to be able to use it.
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    Guidance needed for new screenwriter

    Check out these two links: Blake Snyder Beat Sheet Calculator – Studio Berezin Film Screenplay Treatment Generator – Studio Berezin Film
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    Top 3 Screenwriting Tips from Michael Tabb

    I'm going to have to disagree. #1 -- Projects cost money. There's a difference between Screenwriters and Producers and Filmmakers. Making your own project involves becoming a financier, something few writers are interested in. And if you want to hire someone, you need a schedule and a budget...
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    I need people to make a film in Los Angeles, CA, USA ASAP!

    I harbor no "isms". Not even ageism! I would certainly consider you. I actually need someone to be Assistant to the Script Supervisor as well as a couple general PAs. If covid ever goes away I have a shoot scheduled in SoCal in the fall and another a few months later in Texas.
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    Question about inheritance

    Again, under Community Property Laws, a Husband and Wife own equal shares of EVERYTHING either one of them buys while married so when one dies there is no inheritance, just one owner instead of two. Years ago, I owned 50% of a condo with my mom and dad owning the other 50%. When my dad died, my...
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    I need people to make a film in Los Angeles, CA, USA ASAP!

    No. The reemergence of Covid pretty much killed it for now. But the truth is that it's not easy to find crew. Even paid crew. Everyone wants to be Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee, but nobody wants to start as a PA or a Gaffer. For my current film, "Tell Me I'm Pretty" I ended up hiring a service...
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    Choosing the Right Screenwriting Software

    For writing, whatever works for the individual, but if you want to be a working Screenwriter, you need to use Final Draft. Writing a good script is not enough. You might sell it, but you probably won't be on the project unless you can breakdown and tag that script for export into Scheduling and...
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