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Still Space Available for Free Screenwriting Classes

This is just a friendly reminder to our blog readers that there is still space available in our free online screenwriting courses. These individual screenwriting classes will be held online in two hour durations and will cover topics ranging from character development, story arch, writing for small budget productions, how to incorporate action, atmosphere, building tension, beginnings and endings and of course what screenwriting course would be complete without a class on proper screenplay forma...

How to Become a Screenwriter

For those of you interested in learning more about carving out your own career as a professional screenwriter in film or telivision, you will want to listen the following screenwriting podcast. This screenwriting podcast interview outlines the process of pitching your script ideas. This interview also exposes the most common pitfalls that screenwriters will encounter while trying to sell their scripts to studios or independent filmmakers. Most importantly, the screenwriter being interviewe...

Free Screenwriting Software

As many independent filmmakers know, acquiring the software to create your films can be an expensive endeavor. Pro versions of Adobe and Final cut cost between $700 and $1200. Then there are the after effects programs, DVD authoring programs, and script writing programs. The most popular screenwriting programs cost roughly $200 - $300. However, there is a great free software program for screenwriters called Celtx. This software helps you format your script with industry standard formatting. N...