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December 12, 2013

30 Screenwriting Sites You Should Follow

Screen Craft has put together a list of 30 Facebook pages that every screenwriter should follow. If you’d rather not have your Facebook page overrun with too many updates, almost all of these Facebook pages also have good old fashioned websites associated with them. (And if you do like Facebook updates, remember to follow us on Facebook, too!)

  • No Film School – Multiple posts each day that center around DIY filmmaking. Find tutorials, camera equipment reviews and more resources for making your own films.

  • BlueCat Screenplay Competition — Every entry for the competition receives analysis. The Facebook account is updated every day with important date reminders, writing tips, news and bits of inspiration.
  • Austin Film Festival – A great film festival and one of the best screenwriting conferences and competitions in the industry.
  • The Script Lab — Like for posts every couple days that give advice, news and quotes specific to screenwriting.
  • CELTX – Celtx is the world’s first all in one pre-production system. Like their Facebook page for links to many different media sources with articles and posts about film production, such as The Script Lab, The New York Times and Indiewire.
  • Writers Guild of America, East and West ”Like” for information and reminders about WGAE events at their NYC headquarters, as well as other writing competitions, awards, and news. Also, the WGAW’s Facebook page has great resources, but it seems to be updated less frequently lately.
  • ScriptChix – With a combined 20 years in the business, Sandra Leviton and Mirada Sajdak update with screenwriting, TV, and filmmaking advice, career guidance, and educational networking events.
  • Film Independent — Join a community of independent filmmakers and fans on this page, which is updated about twice a day with fresh content and relevant independent moviemaking articles.
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December 12, 2013

Quote of the Day: Irvin S. Cobb

If writers were good businessmen, they’d have too much sense to be writers.