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Watch 2013 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Show Streaming Live Tonight at 9PM EST/6PM PST

02.17.13 @ 8:49PM Tags : screenwriting, streaming, wga

The annual Writers Guild Awards are upon us once again, and the Los Angeles show is streaming live tonight at 9PM Eastern and 6PM Pacific (a simultaneous show is also happening at WGA East). A number of the movie screenplays that are nominated for awards have been made available by the studios, so if you want to read some, be sure to check them out while they’re still online. Click through to watch the show. More »

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Why Packaging Your Film Means Writing for Your Audience (and Why the First 10 Pages Matter So Much)

08.8.12 @ 4:00PM Tags : audience, first10pages, packaging, screenwriting, watch, wga, wgaw

As many of us here consider ourselves DIY filmmakers, the thought of packaging our scripts with talent may not cross our minds frequently. Yet, even for the most independent project, we need an audience. As writers, we need to write for our audience. By this, I don’t mean we should pander to the audience or write what the audience expects. Rather, as we craft our stories on the page, we need to keep our readers engaged. Those readers include producers, casting agents, and talent, as a recent WGAw educational panel reiterated for aspiring writers. More »