Screenwriting resources that we recommend:
- WeScreenplay – the best script coverage for the price ($65 with a 72-hour turnaround) (our review)
- Virtual Pitchfest – query targeted agents & managers with guaranteed responses (our review)
- ScriptPipeline – the best of the “big three” script consulting firms
- Talentville – a virtual writing group for getting peer reviews of your script
- SellingYourScreenplay.com – home of Ashley Scott Meyer’s great podcast
- Screenwriting Spark – awesome screenwriting advice and article, great collection of info
- TVTropes.org – a database of every film, television, and literary trope you can think of
- The Writers Guild Foundation Library – every script you could ever want to read, right in LA
- MovieBytes.com – an excellent resource for screenwriters, great contest database
- IncompeTech.com – a great name database
- WritersDigest.com – general writing articles and advice
- EntertainmentCareers.net – film careers and internships
- Mandy.com – film jobs
- myPDFscripts.com – a good place to ask for hard to find scripts
- GoIntoTheStory.com – top-notch screenwriting blog
- livingromcom.typepad.com – articles for the romantic comedy writer
- ClassicCinemaOnline.com – classic films streaming for free
- FlyingWrestler.com – screenwriting advice and consulting from Erik Bork
- NetworkISA.org – the International Screenwriter’s Association
- ScriptwritersNetwork.com – nonprofit organization for writers; writing groups, events, support
- ScogginsReport.com – an unscientific analysis of Hollywood’s movie development business
If you live in the LA area, the events and classes put on by the Scriptwriters Network (a non-profit dedicated to the craft of screenwriting) are really a must:
Events, classes, books, and helpful websites we like:
- 3 Highlights from Greg DePaul’s New Comedy Writing Book, Bring the Funny
- Inside Story: A Review of Robert McKee’s STORY Seminar
- LA Screenwriter’s 15 Best Posts of 2013
- How to Make Screenwriting with a Partner Easier
- Event: The Great American Pitchfest
- Save the Cat! Story Structure Software 3.0
- Where to Write in LA
- Classic Cinema Online
- Free Online Master Class: Charlie Kaufman
- BeatSheetCentral
- The International Screenwriter’s Association
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