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Follow Your Inner Compass

  • Brock Swinson
  • .September 30, 2024
“Follow Your Inner Compass” Richard Tanne on ‘Chemical Hearts’ & ‘Southside With You’:“I’m one of those lifelong film geeks,” joked writer/director Richard Tanne. “I was one of those kids with a lot of creative energy, but didn’t know it at the time, so I channeled it through misbehaving.” Tanne’s parents worked out a system wit...
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Your Screenplay or TV Pilot: How Long Should it Take to Write?

Okay, I admit it, I’ve been in denial. I did not think that this blogpost would need writing. Which, let’s face it, is nothing short of stupid on my part because, well, I have this conversation ALL. THE. TIME.Even as I write this, I think to myself: This blogpost is going to be a short one. There isn’t that much to say; the mess...
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Films Should Be Events

  • William Rosenfeld
  • .May 21, 2024
“Films Should Be Events” Says Producer William Rosenfeld From Such Content - William Rosenfeld is an independent producer at Such Content who’s referred to himself as “a recovering writer.” He’s been involved in the production of films like Crisis starring Gary Oldman and Mudbound starring Jason Mitchell. He co-founded the compa...
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The Power Of Westerns (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Westerns:From the late 1930s to the mid-60s westerns as movies and television ruled the box office and ratings ranks. Legends like directors Howard Hawks, John Ford, Sam Peckinpaw, Sergio Leonie, and actors Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and a raft of others bec...
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ISA Staff Picks: May 2024

These screenplays and their writers were selected by ISA staff members as standouts in their genres and formats for the month of May 2024. They are being submitted to agents, managers, producers and production companies actively looking for writers to rep or projects to produce.  THE FINAL CUT by Chaseedaw Giles (Feature)Logline...
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What The Length Of Your Screenplay Says About You

A few recent incidents made me realized that I have to talk about it. Shallow though it may seem, I have to talk about size. Or, more accurately, length.First, it was the 120-page 2-hour TV pilot from a first time, unrepresented writer.Then it was the 78-page feature screenplay. Promptly followed by the 132-page feature screenpl...
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5 Secrets To Selling Your Screenplay

  • Pen Densham
  • .December 18, 2023
5 More Secrets To Selling Your Screenplay… And Not Your Soul! Here are some more tips get you closer to the sweet smell of screenwriting success:1) Cold CallingThe term for finding buyers you don’t know – yet!Information is golden. Out there could be someone who needs your creativity. To find them is a task of exploration and th...
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Unconventional Roles for Women

Unconventional Roles for Women Aren't Just Empowering, They're Game Changers It’s a shame the wonderful coming-of-age comedy Booksmart has not done well at the box office. Expectations were high for the clever story about two female high school seniors (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) cutting loose on their last night before...
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The Length and Look of Your Pilot or Screenplay

First impressions: The Length and Look of Your Pilot or ScreenplayIt was a long day. I had just finished 9 client meetings back-to-back. I had a bunch of emails that I still needed to answer, and, just as importantly, a screenplay I needed to read that night for a meeting the next day. All, for the record, great problems to have...
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10 Ways to Write More

  • Greta Heinemann
  • .November 6, 2023
The below is a guest blog from working writer Greta Heinemann, producer on NCIS NEW ORLEANS, winner of the Final Draft Big Break Contest, once a CBS Mentoring Program participant, and Humanitas New Voices Prize recipient. Greta is repped by UTA and Bellevue Productions, and while she did write it from the point of view of a writ...
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There Will Always Be A Market For A Script We Can’t Put Down

  • Seth Renshaw
  • .July 17, 2023
Seth Renshaw worked in PR, media sales and then with CAA’s Marketing department before transitioning to film and television with David Dobkin’s Big Kid Pictures at Warner Bros. As Director of Development at Benaroya Pictures, he is always looking for the next great project. What is the specific role of a Director Of Development?...
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The 7 Elements of a Viable Story

  • Erik Bork
  • .July 10, 2023
(REPOST) In my experience as a professional screenwriter on projects like Band of Brothers -- and in the years I've been teaching and consulting -- one thing has become abundantly clear: projects live or die mostly based on their central idea. Yes, they need to also be really well-executed, but it's the decisions writers make be...
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Introduce Yourself As A Writer & Your Brand

  • Brock Swinson
  • .May 2, 2023
“Introduce Yourself As A Writer & Your Brand.” Sage Advice From Zimran Jacob, Netflix Showrunner’s Assistant On ‘The Punisher’ & ‘Narcos’:We sat down with Showrunner’s Assistant, Zimran Jacob, to discuss his haphazard path from various production assistant roles to his current position at Netflix. There is no clear career trajec...
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The Story Is Not True, But The Feelings Are

  • Liz Feldman
  • .April 23, 2023
(REPOST) Known for her TV writing work on 2 Broke Girls and One Big Happy, Liz Feldman was ready to create her own TV show. She started developing story ideas based on her life experiences and what mattered most. Although death is very much a part of Dead To Me, her TV show is really about grief, loss, forgiveness, and friendshi...
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Ask the Big Questions, Embrace the Uncomfortable

  • Brock Swinson
  • .February 27, 2023
“Ask the Big Questions, Embrace the Uncomfortable” Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi on ‘For All Mankind’“I can’t recall what got me into screenwriting, other than just loving movies at a very young age,” said screenwriter Matt Wolpert, who recalls watching Singing in the Rain and Funny Girl as a kid with his mom. “I don’t remember wa...
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Emerging Screenwriters Interview Series - Elaine Loh and RB Ripley

Elaine Loh and R.B. Ripley have both run the gauntlet of an exhaustive race. Both Loh and Ripley are writers whose finely spun voices landed them in one of the most prestigious writing fellowship programs around, the WarnerMedia Access Program (aka HBOAccess). They have also both been featured by the ISA as Top 25 Screenwriters ...
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13 Types Of TV Writers’ Rooms Whiteboards

Every TV writer dreams about being part of the team that plots entire seasons and individual episodes of a television series. And for some, it will become a reality. In a few weeks, scripts of each episode will be written, filmed, and subsequently screened. It’s a far cry from the months or years it takes for movies to make it t...
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Comedy Screenwriting Craft: Using Metaphors

  • Steve Kaplan
  • .December 5, 2022
One of my favorite plays (and films and TV shows, for that matter) was Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, in which a pair of mismatched friends, one divorced and one soon-to-be, decide to room together. On the surface, Oscar Madison and Felix Unger are friends and roommates. As the story progresses, however, their relationship undergo...
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Mine the Material for Something Great

  • Brock Swinson
  • .September 19, 2022
“I was always really enamored with entertainment, even as a small child,” said screenwriter Liz Feldman, adding, “so much so that at the age of ten, I asked for an agent for my birthday from my parents – not at all aware that’s not how it works.”Feldman grew up in Brooklyn and did follow her pursuit at an early age, doing stand-...
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Pitch with Passion: Another Successful Virtual Pitch Panel

  • Caitlin Arcand
  • .May 24, 2022
Another successful Virtual Pitch Challenge has come and gone, and this season has been one of our best yet! This time around we focused on TV pilots, and set out to discover intriguing and unique show concepts through our TV Pilot Pitch Challenge. Our three winners and two current Fast Track Fellows put their best pitch forward ...

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