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  • ONLINE COURSE
    • PART 1: SCREENPLAY FUNDAMENTALS >
      • 1. Introduction to Course – What Makes A Quality Screenplay
      • 2. What is a Screenplay
      • 3. Premise or Theme and Defining a Story
      • 4. Defining a Premise
      • 5. Deciding on the Premise
      • 6. Writing Exercise: Forming a Premise
      • 7. Discussion of Exercise on Premise
      • 8. Homework Exercise: Forming a Premise and One-Sentence Synopsis
    • PART 2: CHARACTER >
      • 1. Character: The Anatomy of a Story
      • 2. Designing Three Dimensional Characters
      • 3. More on Character: Growth, Transition & Movement
      • 4. Character Spines vs Objectives
      • 5. Character Orchestration: Protagonist & Antagonist
      • 6. Exercise: Designing Characters & Unity of Opposites
      • 7. Discussion of Part 2 Homework (optional)
    • PART 3: CONFLICT >
      • 1. Nature of Conflict
      • 2. The Origin of a Conflict
      • 3. Conflict and Action
      • 4. Four Kinds of Conflict
      • 5. More Discussion, Questions & Answers About Conflict
    • PART 4: SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE >
      • 1. Point of Attack
      • 2. Three-Act Structure
      • 3. Three-Act Structure Continued
      • 4. Writing Exercise with B&W Photos
      • 5. Discussion of Part 4 Writing Exercise
    • PART 5: WRITING DIALOGUE & SCREENPLAY FORM >
      • 1. Writing the Dialogue
      • 2. Elements of Screenplay Form
      • 3. More Screenwriting Conventions
      • 4. Discussion of Screenplay Form & Writing Exercise
      • 5. Screenplay Principles, Elements & Helpful Hints
    • PART 6: SCREENWRITING STEPS: AN ORGANIZED APPROACH >
      • 1. Introduction & Screenwriting Steps 1 thru 4
      • 2. Screenwriting Steps 5 thru 8
      • 3. Steps: From Idea to Detailed Outline
      • 4. More on Form, Structure & Outlining a Script
      • 5. Writing Exercise: a Sequence of Scenes
    • PART 7: SCREENPLAY & FILM ANALYSIS: CHINATOWN (Act I)
    • PART 8: SCREENPLAY & FILM ANALYSIS: CHINATOWN (Act II & III)
    • PART 9: SCREENWRITING EXERCISES >
      • 1. Exercises on Premise or Theme
      • 2. Character Development Exercises
      • 3. Screenplay Form & Structure Writing Exercise
      • 4. Advanced Writing Exercise
    • PART 10: FINAL SCREENWRITING PROJECT
  • Resources
    • 65 Great Screenplays to Read
    • 15 Screenplay Principles
    • 15 Final Screenwriting Tips for Writers
    • Recommended Reading
    • Articles
    • Links to Other Resources
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • SUPPORT
LINKS TO OTHER RESOURCES
Links to movie & television scripts, screenwriting books & resources, copyright information, magazines & news sites, and other screenwriting organizations which may be helpful to you.  If the link doesn’t work, try cutting and pasting the link into your browser.
Resources to find free screenplays and T.V. scripts to download and read
https://www.script-o-rama.com/
http://www.simplyscripts.com/
https://www.dailyscript.com/movie.html
Screenplays for you : another resource for pdfs of many screenplays
Screenwriting Resources | Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
Application information, rules and formatting tips for the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. https://www.oscars.org/awards/nicholl/resources.html
Screenwriting Software
Final Draft https://www.finaldraft.com/
WriterDuet https://writerduet.com (free)
Celtx  https://celtx.com
Tips & Resources
Script Secrets https://www.scriptsecrets.net/tips/tip181.htm
Done Deal Professonal https://www.donedealpro.com/default.aspx
Literary Sales https://www.literarysales.com/ls/index.cfm
Words from Here https://www.wordsfromhere.com/
Absolute Write https://www.absolutewrite.com/
Independent Film https://www.ifp.org/
Black Screen Plays https://www.blackscreenplays.com/
All About Screenwriting https://www.angelfire.com/movies/coolscreenwriter/
Screen Players https://www.screenplayers.net/index.html
BBC Writer’s Room https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/
Movie Bytes https://www.moviebytes.com/
SydField.com https://www.screenwriterscorner.com/
Euroscreen Writers https://zakka.dk/euroscreenwriters/
Screenwriting https://www.dvshop.ca/dvcafe/writing/writing.html
Inktip https://www.inktip.com/index.php
Screen Writing Blog https://jerslater.blogspot.com/
Hollywood Dreams https://www.sideroad.com/hollywood/
Storymind https://storymind.com/
Screenwriters Internet Portal https://members.shaw.ca/any-word/
Script Nurse https://scriptnurse.com/wcms/index.php
Screenwriting Info https://www.screenwriting.info/
Script Daily https://screenwritersdaily.com/
Screenwriters Utopia https://www.screenwritersutopia.com/
E-script https://www.singlelane.com/escript/
Writing for Performance https://www.robinkelly.btinternet.co.uk/
Thinking Writer https://thinkingwriter.com/
Virtual Script Workshop https://www.xerif.com/

The Who & The What, Nick Forte, script consultant video series: https://nickfore.com/videoessay/
Story Seminar https://www.mckeestory.com/resources.html
Horror Screenwriter’s Page https://www.tcnj.edu/~beres/horror.htm
Screenwriting Basics https://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Screen.htm
Zoetrope https://www.zoetrope.com/


Copyright info
Worldwide OCR https://www.worldwideocr.com/
US Gov Copyright Forms https://www.copyright.gov/forms/


Magazines and News Sites
Creative Screen Writing https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/index.html
Assistant Directors https://www.assistantdirectors.com/
Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/index.jsp
Variety https://www.variety.com/
Entertainment Weekly https://www.ew.com/ew
Premiere Magazine https://www.premiere.com/
Entertainment Tonight https://www.etonline.com/
Inside Edition https://www.insideedition.com/news.aspx?storyID=1246
Us Magazine https://www.usmagazine.com/
Script https://www.scriptmag.com/
Screenwriting on Twitter https://twitter.com/screenwriting
Hollywood Scriptwriter Magazine https://www.hollywoodscriptwriter.com/
UGO https://screenwriting.ugo.com/homepage.php


Script & Movie Related Search Engines
Script Crawler https://www.scriptcrawler.net/
Daily Script https://www.dailyscript.com/
Script O Rama https://www.script-o-rama.com/
Internet Movie Data Base https://www.imdb.com/
Double ZZ Enterprises https://www.doublezzenterprises.com/
TV Writers Vault https://www.tvwritersvault.com/index.asp


Movie Review Sites
At the Movies https://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/atm/
Roger Ebert https://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/


Script Writer Organizations
Script Writers Network https://www.scriptwritersnetwork.org/swn/
Chicago Screenwriters https://www.chicagoscreenwriters.org/
Writers Guild of America (West) https://www.wga.org/
Writers Guild of Canada https://www.writersguildofcanada.com/magazine/index.html
American Screenwriters Association https://www.asascreenwriters.com/
CineStory https://cinestory.org/
Green Room https://www.chatbase.com/greenroomnewglobe/
Let’s Do Lunch (on hiatus) https://www.lets-do-lunch.com/index.html#
Screenwriters Federation of America https://www.screenwritersfederation.org/
Southern Screenwriters Society https://groups.msn.com/SouthernScreenwritersSociety/homepage
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  • Home
  • About
  • ONLINE COURSE
    • PART 1: SCREENPLAY FUNDAMENTALS >
      • 1. Introduction to Course – What Makes A Quality Screenplay
      • 2. What is a Screenplay
      • 3. Premise or Theme and Defining a Story
      • 4. Defining a Premise
      • 5. Deciding on the Premise
      • 6. Writing Exercise: Forming a Premise
      • 7. Discussion of Exercise on Premise
      • 8. Homework Exercise: Forming a Premise and One-Sentence Synopsis
    • PART 2: CHARACTER >
      • 1. Character: The Anatomy of a Story
      • 2. Designing Three Dimensional Characters
      • 3. More on Character: Growth, Transition & Movement
      • 4. Character Spines vs Objectives
      • 5. Character Orchestration: Protagonist & Antagonist
      • 6. Exercise: Designing Characters & Unity of Opposites
      • 7. Discussion of Part 2 Homework (optional)
    • PART 3: CONFLICT >
      • 1. Nature of Conflict
      • 2. The Origin of a Conflict
      • 3. Conflict and Action
      • 4. Four Kinds of Conflict
      • 5. More Discussion, Questions & Answers About Conflict
    • PART 4: SCREENPLAY STRUCTURE >
      • 1. Point of Attack
      • 2. Three-Act Structure
      • 3. Three-Act Structure Continued
      • 4. Writing Exercise with B&W Photos
      • 5. Discussion of Part 4 Writing Exercise
    • PART 5: WRITING DIALOGUE & SCREENPLAY FORM >
      • 1. Writing the Dialogue
      • 2. Elements of Screenplay Form
      • 3. More Screenwriting Conventions
      • 4. Discussion of Screenplay Form & Writing Exercise
      • 5. Screenplay Principles, Elements & Helpful Hints
    • PART 6: SCREENWRITING STEPS: AN ORGANIZED APPROACH >
      • 1. Introduction & Screenwriting Steps 1 thru 4
      • 2. Screenwriting Steps 5 thru 8
      • 3. Steps: From Idea to Detailed Outline
      • 4. More on Form, Structure & Outlining a Script
      • 5. Writing Exercise: a Sequence of Scenes
    • PART 7: SCREENPLAY & FILM ANALYSIS: CHINATOWN (Act I)
    • PART 8: SCREENPLAY & FILM ANALYSIS: CHINATOWN (Act II & III)
    • PART 9: SCREENWRITING EXERCISES >
      • 1. Exercises on Premise or Theme
      • 2. Character Development Exercises
      • 3. Screenplay Form & Structure Writing Exercise
      • 4. Advanced Writing Exercise
    • PART 10: FINAL SCREENWRITING PROJECT
  • Resources
    • 65 Great Screenplays to Read
    • 15 Screenplay Principles
    • 15 Final Screenwriting Tips for Writers
    • Recommended Reading
    • Articles
    • Links to Other Resources
  • TESTIMONIALS
  • SUPPORT