Unscripted: Resources for Screenwriters

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When I decided to become a full-time writer, my mind was boggled at all the resources available online. With thousands upon thousands of sites, books and podcasts, who could I trust?

After all, my career was on the line. One wrong move, and it could cost me months (or years!) of writing time.

We asked the screenwriters at Scriptchat to share the sources they love. Both the USA group and the EURO group chimed in:

For me, The Writers Store was where I bought my first copy of Movie Magic Screenwriter Software (yes, I have Final Draft as well, but I prefer the notes feature in MM when collaborating with partners). I also discovered what became my favorite book on craft, Dara Mark’s Inside Story. Another “must have” in my mind is Michael Hauge’s and Chris Volger’s Hero’s Two Journeys DVD. I also visit Writer’s Digest site often. While novelists have slightly different needs than screenwriters, there is so much about storytelling that is universal – synopsis, character arcs, pacing, etc.

What are some of YOUR favorite resources?

 

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Jeanne Veillette Bowerman is the Editor and Online Community Manager of Script Magazine and a webinar instructor for The Writers Store. She is Co-Founder and moderator of the weekly Twitter screenwriters’ chat, #Scriptchat, and wrote the narrative adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Slavery by Another Name, with its author, Douglas A. Blackmon, former senior national correspondent of The Wall Street Journal. Jeanne also is President of Implicit Productions and consults with writers on how to build and strengthen their online and offline networks as well as face their fears in order to succeed in writing and in personal peace - a screenwriter's therapist. More information can be found on her blog, ramblings of a recovered insecureaholic. Follow @jeannevb on Twitter.

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  1. Princess Scribe says:
    September 10, 2012 at 10:41 am

    OMG The Writers Store… Office Depot… And all public LIBRARIES!!! ;)

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  2. Julio Torres says:
    September 10, 2012 at 4:51 pm

    Favorite resources? It has to be feedback from my 8th grade students because I’m completing the second draft of the novella, “My Twisted Summer Before High School.”
    The story is custom written for middle school teens.

    After the novella I’ll complete the script.

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