The magic is in the mundane. You don’t need to feel like a writer to write. You need to write to feel like a writer. The truth is, professional writers don’t wait for a muse to descend. They show up. They clock in. They build a system. Happy writing!

Just a reminder - we're in the middle of REGULAR SUBMISSIONS, a perfect time to start working on your rewrites with our notes, so you can resubmit new drafts for free. We're available on Stage 32 The ISA FilmFreeway

ATTENTION WRITERS! It's been great to see writers using our notes & placing in other comps, making it further into Austin Film Festival, PAGE Awards, Final Draft, etc. If you have placed in another competition, we would love to read your script. Please DM w/proof (your name on the

All writing is relationship. The reader to the writer - The writer to the character - The character to his/her inner and outer persona - Characters to one another - Characters to their setting - The reader to the theme - No one stands alone. Writing is about connection.

I write this as much for myself as for every writer or producer. It's very rare to get something set up quickly and easily. Everything that is coming together for our some past winners now has been in the works for 2-3 years. Sometimes magic happens but most of the time it's a

I know you've been reading our tweets about DEBBIE, the legal pilot we've been developing/packaging with 2022 2nd runner up Matt Thomas. Yesterday evening the gold standard of streamers made an offer for it. We're still pitching elsewhere. Let the bidding war begin. Congrats

You must rewrite until it is clear.

This is now a bidding war for this script competition winning writer. Can't wait until the trades reveal this amazing package we put together.

Don't warm up. Set a brief scene. Hit us with your best shot immediately. If you don’t, we're gone.

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Yesterday you were exhilarated about the most wonderful screenplay you wrote and today after working through it again you think it stinks. a writer

Collaboration is a wonderful part of the entertainment industry but it's really important that you're all on board to make the same movie/TV show. Just because someone is interested in your material doesn't mean they're right for you (or your project).

move out of the margins dig deeper than the surface to tell your story sing a song that you and only you can sing take the risk and know there is a sense of what one has to lose, not just what one has to gain this is where your truth as a writer is

I just gave notes on a very good comedy and man did I need those laughs. Bear in mind, other people are feeling the same way too. The ones who can buy your material. Read the room/world.

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