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A History-Making Night + ISA Success RoundUp
Last weekend, we celebrated the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards and history was made!
Zendaya bested some A-list actresses, including Jennifer Aniston and Olivia Colman, to win Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role...
ISA Success Story RoundUp - Dedicated to RBG
This weekend was hard. That's an understatement.
We lost one of the pioneering women for gender equality, we're still in the midst of a terrible fire season, the pandemic is raging on, and our country is more divided than ever.
To offer...
ISA Success Story RoundUp
Happy day! Is it too early to break out the bubbly? We're so excited to share some of our favorite success stories from this past week. We know that screenwriting is not an easy path and we continue to be amazed by these...
Peres Owino On “The Basket Weaver”
Kenyan born, Peres Owino, award-winning storyteller’s directorial debut Bound: Africans vs African-Americans. It played several festivals around the world, winning the 2014 Women In Film- Lena Sharpe Award at the...
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A History-Making Night + ISA Success RoundUp
Last weekend, we celebrated the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards and history was made!
Zendaya bested some A-list actresses, including Jennifer Aniston and Olivia Colman, to win Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role...
ISA Success Story RoundUp - Dedicated to RBG
This weekend was hard. That's an understatement.
We lost one of the pioneering women for gender equality, we're still in the midst of a terrible fire season, the pandemic is raging on, and our country is more divided than ever.
To offer...
ISA Success Story RoundUp
Happy day! Is it too early to break out the bubbly? We're so excited to share some of our favorite success stories from this past week. We know that screenwriting is not an easy path and we continue to be amazed by these...
Film Producer Chris Goldberg Discusses What It Takes For Screenwriters
Film Producer Chris Goldberg Discusses What It Takes For Screenwriters To Make It In The Business: Chris Goldberg started his career as a literary scout for 20th Century Fox where he was involved in the rights deals for Gone Girl, The Martian,...
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8 Keys to Writing a Marketable Script
1. ONE GENRE TO RULE THEM ALL I recently sat through a webinar where writers were given the opportunity to pitch their concepts. One lady stuck out to me because she described her project as a suspense, thriller, and comedy, with horror elements....
“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.” 7 Tips for Great Dialogue
Jacob Stuart's advice on writing dialogue for screenplays.Hollywood has a short attention span. Unlike writers, who may have all day to sit and ponder, plotting out their next script, or revising and revising a screenplay until their fingers are...
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Often, I get asked: What are the commonalities you’ve seen among your writers who have broken in? What are the shared traits of working screenwriters? And, even more specifically, what are the most important things that a screenwriter can do...
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