Lee Hamilton
How to Improve Your Feature Scripts by Writing Shorts
Why would someone waste their time writing a short film? “They don’t make any money,” “I don’t know anyone who watches them,” and “I...
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Entry-Level Industry Jobs for Emerging Screenwriters
Pretty much no one walks off the street and immediately lands a job as a screenwriter. Being creative, imaginative, and mastering the...
Lee Hamilton
Top 5 Places to Watch Short Films for Free
A short film is one of the best calling cards a writer can have. Not only is it easier to get a short produced, but some would say it’s...
Lee Hamilton
10 Reasons To Finish That Feature Now!
Screenwriting is difficult! Whether you’re working your way through your latest spec script or are just starting your first, there’s...
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5 Tips for Choosing A Screenwriting Genre
One of the most frequent questions we get from writers submitting to our contests is which genre should they choose to categorize their...
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Top 5 Tips on Writing Your 1-Hr TV Pilot
The calling card for any would-be TV writer is an impressive original TV pilot or a well-crafted spec script of an already established...
Lee Hamilton
How Much Money Do Screenwriters Actually Earn?
It’s an age-old question but considering how much time and effort goes into screenwriting, of course, you want to know how much money you...
Lee Hamilton
Top 5 Tips on Writing Your ½-Hr TV Pilot
Scripted half-hour TV shows are no longer limited to being either a sitcom, soap, children’s show, or comedy. Thanks to the rise of the...
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5 Ways to Beat the Screenwriting Blues
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit” according to Richard Bach, and while he was talking about writing novels, the same...
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Top 5 Screenwriting Books Professionals Use
When anyone first starts their screenwriting journey, one of the first things they’ll do is buy a few books on the subject. There’s only...
Lee Hamilton
Top 10 Things To Consider When Writing Features
There are tons of things to consider when first tackling the ambitious job of writing a feature screenplay, but once you’ve decided on...
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Why You Should Be Writing Features
Breaking into the industry is hard. Really hard. Every writer out there hoping to have their script produced or to become a fully-paid...
Lee Hamilton
Top 5 Screenplay Coverage Services
The decision to use a coverage service doesn’t come lightly for many writers. There’s the opinion that coverage is a rip-off. Readers are...
Lee Hamilton
An Interview with 'Bad Boys' Doug Richardson
Doug Richardson first gained national attention when his screenplay Hell Bent… and Back was the first spec script to sell in Hollywood...
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Meetings, Managers and Moving to LA
For anyone serious about making it as screenwriter, there’s the inevitable question about whether you need to move to Los Angeles in...
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Pitching You Not Your Script
Pitching is something every writer is going to have to do, whether that’s in front of a panel, at a one-to-one meeting, or just to...
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Can Screenwriters really ‘Write to Market’?
Screenwriting can be a laborious process. As a spec writer, you can spend months if not years working on a screenplay. That’s a long time...
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Does a Spec Script Still Have Worth?
The spec script aka the screenplay you don’t get paid to write. It’s a calling card, it’s how you learn the craft, but more importantly,...
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Getting Past the Reader
Getting your finished spec script into the right hands can often feel like an on going upward struggle. For those of us who are just...
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The Musical: One Genre to Rule Them All?
Today, it’s hard to come across any new film release which isn’t advertised or promoted as being multi or mixed genre. This may be a...
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