Final Draft, Inc. Webinars with an award-winning screenwriter and The Pitch King; an all expenses paid opportunity (and a trip to Costa Rica) for one lucky screenwriter; and a workshop devoted to writing for children and young adults are all on deck in 2012. What’s on your calendar?
Script contributor Sheila Kogan attended this year’s 49th Annual New York Film Festival in Manhattan. As awards season picks up steam, you’re sure to hear more about the stories and performances that struck a chord with Kogan, and you may find a gem or two that will otherwise get lost in the studio shuffle.
The Coronet Writers Lab is as notable for its intimacy and focused attention as it is for the successes of its members. As an actor, produced playwright and screenwriter, and educator, moderator T. Jay O’Brien could simply focus on building his own resume. Fortunately, his passion for bolstering new talent, complemented by the commitment of a tight-knit group of Lab members, finds them all on La Brea most Monday nights.
Screenwriter and filmmaker Steven Arvanites was looking for support in NYC. He suspected other screenwriters were looking for the same thing. So, he formed NYCscreenwriter, a Manhattan-based network that, today, serves as home base for over 1,000 city scribes.
At the Second Annual Hero Complex Film Festival, Warren Beatty, John Favreau, Nicholas Meyer, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Damon Lindelof, Mike Mignola, and Richard Donner gathered to celebrate filmic (Wrath of Khan), comic (Superman), and screenwriting (Tom Mankiewicz) heroes. Ray Morton was there.
We’re live-blogging the Academy Awards this Sunday night, February 27! Join us at 5 p.m. and follow along on TV as we dissect the Oscars live from backstage in the press room at the Kodak Theatre.
We came. We conquered. We connected. – That’s how the night felt after our first-ever Script Magazine Los Angeles Meetup this past Tuesday (2/8) night. Judging by our Facebook RSVP list, we thought we’d get maybe 30 or 40 readers and friends of the magazine to show up. But 7 p.m. hit and right away the bar at the Cat ‘N Fiddle on Sunset Blvd. was all ours…
Come discover what people like Ron Howard, Paul Haggis, Robin Wright and Jeff Bridges are hailing as the next great book on screenwriting, and be entered to win a FREE copy of Final Draft Screenwriting Software plus 10 copies of the book, Riding The Alligator: Strategies for a Career in Screenplay Writing February 16th at 7 p.m. at USC! There will be readings from the book plus a wine & cheese reception following.
