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RESOURCES FOR WRITERS
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Writers’ Links
Writers Guild of America, west [www.wga.org]
The union representing professional film and television writers west of the Mississippi. The WGA (consisting of East and West branches) offers a wealth of helpful information to members as well as aspiring nonmembers.Writers Guild of America, East [www.wgaeast.org]
The union representing professional film and television writers east of the Mississippi.American Screenwriters Association [www.goasa.com]
The American Screenwriters Association is a non-profit professional organization committed to the support and advancement of screenwriters, as well as the promotion of the art and craft of screenwriting.Internet Movie Database [www.imdb.com]
This invaluable site provides film and television credits for writers, actors, directors, producers and many others. Look up a movie or television series to see who worked on it, or look up a producer before you meet to see what she's produced.Box Office Mojo [www.boxofficemojo.com]
Continuously updated domestic and international box office results for films in release, plus tons of extras, like a list of all-time top grossers, the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time (The Passion of the Christ), the highest-grossing subtitled film (ditto), and on and on.The Writers' Store [www.writersstore.com]
Pretty much everything a screenwriter might need to buy, from how-to books to screenwriting software to those shiny brass brads that hold our scripts together, can be found at the Writers' Store.Done Deal at Scriptsales.com [www.scriptsales.com]
What’s Hollywood buying? This useful site logs script and pitch sales in Hollywood. Find out which agencies, managers and producers are doing deals, which genres are hot, where there's a market and where they're not. Requires subscription.
About Screenwriting Software
Confused by all your choices? Visit the websites of the major players in the screenwriting software business.
Final Draft [www.finaldraft.com]
Scriptware [www.scriptware.com]
Movie Magic Screenwriter [www.screenplay.com]
Scriptwerx [www.scriptwerx.com]
Screenwriting Contests and Fellowships
Probably the two most prestigious screenwriting fellowships, each receiving thousands of applications every year, are the Nicholl Fellowship and the ABC/Disney Fellowship. Winning one of these fellowships can jumpstart a Hollywood writing career. Visit their sites to learn more and to find out how to apply.
The Nicholl Fellowship [http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html]
The ABC/Disney Writing Fellowship [http://www.abctalentdevelopment.com/html/writing_fellowship_mainpage.htm]
Online Scripts
scriptcrawler [http://www.scriptcrawler.net/]
A giant searchable database of free online scripts.Simply Scripts [http://www.simplyscripts.com/]
Find movie scripts, teleplays, radio transcripts and anime scripts, or post your own unproduced script online.Internet Movie Script Database [http://www.imsdb.com/]
A large collection of movie scripts available to read online or download.
