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Agents
"Parting Ways with Your Agent" by Craig Mazin
"To Be (Represented) Or Not to Be (Represented)... That is the Question" by Dean Cavanagh
"If You Can't Send the Script to the Agent, Bring the Agent to the Script" by Angelo Bell
Contests
"Contest Advice from the San Diego Film Festival Screenplay Contest" by Joel Eisenberg
"How to Win Screenwriting Contests" by Christina Hamlett
Options and Sales
"What’s the Deal With Free Options?" by Paul Lawrence
"How My Life Became a Movie of the Week" by Michael Dare
Improving Your Craft
"Writing What Can't Be Seen" by David Terruso
"When 'The End' Is In Sight" by Ami Hendrickson
"Adaptations As Writing Instruction" by Judy Kellem
"The Heart and Soul of Screenwriting: Writing Good Dialogue and Description" by Gordy Hoffman
"Six Points to Ponder When Writing Your Screenplay" by Brandy Stoner
"Screenwriting Tips from a Screenplay Contest Judge" by Gordy Hoffman
"Tension Holds Your Screenplay Together" by David Terruso
“What’s Your Sign? Selling More Scripts Through Personality Typecasting” by Marisa D’Vari
“Petticoats and Spaceships: Why Writing a Science Fiction Script is Like Writing a Period Piece” by Steven Payne
“Point of View: Why Your Screenplay Needs One” by David Terruso
“Everything I Needed to Know About Character Development I Learned from a Fish” by Wendy Whitbeck
“Know Your Characters Like You Know Your Friends” by David Terruso
"Evaluating Your Own Work" by Derek Rydall
"Aiming" by David Terruso
"Errol Morris: Writing the Documentary in Your Head" by Brad Schreiber
Readers' Turn: Most Important Lessons about Screenwriting
"The Low-Down on High Concept" by Alexis Niki
"Deleted Scenes: Editing on Remote Control" by Cindy Appel
"Group Scenes" by Leon Kaye
"Action" by Barbara J. Hunter
"ENOUGH, ALREADY! or Wait... listen... yes, it’s that Fat Lady and she is definitely singing" by Pamela Jaye Smith
"The Real Craft of Screenwriting" by Claudia Johnson & Matt Stevens
"Easy Online Research for your Screenplay" by Carolyn Kelley
"Sharpening Your Hooks" by Judy Kellem
"From Point 'A' To Point 'B': How To Handle Transitions" by Christina Hamlett
"Angels, Aliens, and Altered States, or Do pay attention to the man behind the curtain" by Pamela Jaye Smith
"How Do Screenwriters Construct Three-Dimensional Characters?" by Bruce Meade
"A Reporter's Questions: Steps to Creating a New Story" by Bruce Meade
"Crafty Screenwriting" by Alex Epstein
For Beginners
"Beyond FADE OUT" by Carolyn Kelley
"First Appearances" by Christina Hamlett
"How To Get Your Script Slammed Shut (Or, What Price Obscurity?)" by Natalie Lemberg Rothenberg
"I'm Gonna Be Huge...And Other Myths I Believed for at Least 6 Months" by Jenna Glatzer
"Protecting Your Screenplay" by Bill Craig
"Understanding What A Story Is" by Bill Johnson
"You Know You Know" by Bruce Meade
Playwriting
"Putting the 'Play' Back in Playwriting" by Ethan Kanfer
"Why Not Write A Play?" by Leon Kaye
"Raise the Curtain" by Steve Newman
"Building a Better Playwright" by Christina Hamlett
Formatting
"Novel to Screenplay: The Challenges of Adaptation" by Lynne Pembroke and Jim Kalergis
"Lesson Six-- Formats; Script and Manuscript" by M.L. "Max" Roth
Conferences and Seminars
"Hollywood by the Bay Screenwriting Conference" review by Melissa Prusi
"The Third Annual Las Vegas Screenwriters Conference: Schmoozing, Sin City Style" by Pete Barnstrom
"The Austin Film Festival: How To Work It Like a Borrowed Mule" by Pete Barnstrom
"Flogging 'Mel' At Cannes" by Nina Galen
Feedback and Reviews
"Your Motivation" by Jenna Glatzer
"Writing Out Loud: How a Reading Can Benefit Your Screenplay" by Tommy Donbavand
"What Do You Think?" By Michael Gill
The Business of Screenwriting
"Sometimes It Simply Needs A Little Bit of Makeup" by Craig Kellem
"Pitching is a Hot Topic (Learn About the Dreaded Art)" by Craig Kellem
"The Business of Screenwriting" by Andrea Leigh Wolf
"Working Your Way Toward the Silver Screen, or It Helps to Have a Day Job in the Meantime" by Christina Hamlett
"Trailerized Scripts-- The Latest Marketing Tool" by Mary Case
"Getting to Hollywood Via the Indies" by Christina Hamlett
"The Lure of the Million Dollar Script" by Thom Taylor
Queries and Loglines
"The Query Quandary" by Shelly Steele
"Making a Short Pitch Better " by Leon Kaye
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