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 Final Draft’s 9th Annual Big Break International Screenwriting Contest offers writers over $30,000 in cash and prizes, plus mentorship and Hollywood meetings. With cash, rewards, mentorship, and industry exposure, Big Break lives up to its name. Winners and finalists alike have had their screenplays optioned and produced and have secured high-profile representation as well as lucrative writing deals. Enter using Syd Field’s tips to a better screenplay! |
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 Five Tips to a Better Screenplay brought to you by Syd Field - Screenwriting Guru, Final Draft Hall of Fame recipient 2006, Big Break contest judge 2004.
 Now, for a limited time, you can enter to win your Big Break and you will receive a complimentary copy of Ask the Pros: Screenwriting: 101 Questions Answered by Industry Professionals. Offer valid until May 16, 2008 or while supplies last. For success stories, additional contest information, and to enter, Visit: www.finaldraft.com/bigbreak |
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| Making it in Hollywood is often about WHO you know, not WHAT you know. That’s why, for a limited time*, Final Draft and The Writers Store are offering a friends and family FIVE DAY, WEB ONLY discount offer. Share these links with a friend or family member so they can receive incredible discounts on Final Draft software packages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Final Draft registered users receive 15% off any coverage package.Enter or mention code FDSX8 when ordering to receive this special discount. Final Draft’s professional coverage service, ScriptXpert, provides valuable feedback on how to improve your script. Our industry readers have five or more years doing coverage for agents, studios and executives. NEW: ScriptXpert adds Treatment Coverage and Phone Consultation to its offerings ScriptXpert’s new Treatment Coverage helps you hone your idea before you begin writing your script. Send in your treatment for coverage and have our experts point out potential pitfalls and help you correct problems before you write the 120-page script. Now, with ScriptXpert’s new Phone Consultation service you can talk one-on-one with your reader and workshop your script for the best possible results. This new service affords you the opportunity to discuss the coverage you received and ways in which your can make your script the best it can be. Get your professional coverage today! Visit: www.finaldraft.com/products-and-services/scriptxpert |
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 See what's inside the May/June issue!In the May/June issue of Script, John Cusack, Jeremy Pikser, and Mark Leyner anatomize a pivotal scene from their upcoming War, Inc. Hawk Otsby & Mark Fergus and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway explain their tag-team script for this May's Iron Man. Animation writers from adult (Family Guy) and children's (Clifford the Big Red Dog) shows illustrate the challenges "breaking all the rules" for cartoons. Screenwriting mentors Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Jumper) and Christopher Morgan (Cellular, Wanted) workshop a scene from Shiela Bishop Irwin's American Tiger in Script's popular new feature, "Scene Fix." Read it all, and more, when the new Script hits newsstands May 6. To read more about the upcoming issue, and for an exclusive article excerpt, Visit: www.scriptmag.com   Save 40% off the cover price Script offers substance, style, inside information, news, trends, and authoritative advice on how to write and sell a script in today's market. Each bi-monthly issue delivers informative articles on writing, developing and marketing screenplays and television scripts. Subscribe now and with your paid order, get: 1 FREE additional issue of Script That’s over a year of the leading publication for screenwriters! Bonus DVD from The Dialogue series The Dialogue: Learning From the Masters is a groundbreaking interview series that goes behind the scenes of the fascinating craft of screenwriting. All for only $24.95. That's $16.99 off the cover price! This offer expires May 23, 2008; to order online, Visit: www.finaldraft.com/specials and use specials code FDNL8 |
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| Join Script on the Web If you want to know what's coming in the next issue of Script, have a comment about the current issue, or simply want to network with other Script readers, you can join us on the Web. Visit the following sites and request an add right now: |
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 Journey Education Marketing, Inc., based in Dallas, is the leading multi-channel software marketer to the K-12 and post-secondary academic markets. It sells to educators, administrators, students, faculty, K-12 schools, universities, and public school districts. With the addition of the popular K-12 education reseller CCV Software to its business in Feb. 2008, JourneyEd expanded from serving higher education into the K-12 market. JourneyEd was founded by entrepreneur Michael Fischler in 1990 to serve a market that wasn't being targeted directly by hardware and software companies for education discounts -- two-year community colleges, vocational and technical schools, and career schools. JourneyEd was founded to help education technology companies reach this market and is now the leading seller in the academic market for more than 50 software and hardware companies. Most notably, JourneyEd is the academic-only sales leader in the powerful high-end computer aided design (CAD) engineering, animation, graphic design (web and print) and video software/hardware segments. JourneyEd launched its highly successful website in 1996. Fischler, President and Chief Executive Officer of JourneyEd, managed, developed and grew the company from a $250,000 start-up to one of the largest academic multi-channel software providers. Fischler has invested more than 25 years in management, sales and marketing for high technology companies such as Tandy, Texas Instruments, and UES Corp. JourneyEd also provides additional value-added services, such as publishing, online academic stores (eStores) and channel manager services. Its integrated mix of Internet and traditional marketing has increased academic software/hardware sales during the past 18 years. For more information regarding JourneyEd’s K-12 Division, Visit: www.ccvsoftware.com To learn more about JourneyEd and its services, Visit: www.journeyed.com |
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| The Tenth Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference If you can only attend one conference this year, consider the Tenth Annual Nashville Screenwriters Conference (NSC) held on May 30-June 1 at the Union Station Hotel. The NSC is infamous for providing unique opportunities to network with some of Hollywood's top executives, producers and writers. NSC 2008 will feature the Music in the Movies panel, which allows songwriters to view scenes from upcoming film and television projects and submit songs for consideration, an advanced screening of HBO's newest mini-series, Generation Kill and face-to-face dialogue with writers from ABC's hit drama, Grey's Anatomy. The weekend culminates in a Silver Screen Party, which features world-class songwriters in the round. Past performers include Jimmy Lauderdale, John Hiatt, Kim Richey, and Mindy Smith in an intimate setting. Attendees have said it's one of the best conferences in the nation. For more information and ticket prices, Visit: www.nashscreen.com The Movie Deal Screenwriting Competition New INDIE screenplay competition offers an exciting production deal to the grand prize winner… Not since "Project Greenlight" has there been a contest giving an unknown writer an opportunity of this magnitude. The winning writer of The Movie Deal! competition will receive an honest-to-gosh production deal. "We're looking for an original and innovative, yet marketable idea, along the lines of The Blair Witch Project, Napoleon Dynamite or Open Water, says filmmaker Craig James Pietrowiak. "These are scripts we wouldn't necessarily have access to because some of these writers don't have representation, which ultimately opens up doors for both us and the writers." Entries to The Movie Deal! are invited in 10 categories, at a fee of $50 for feature length script or TV pilot, $20 for short films. For submission deadlines or more information, please Visit: www.TheMovieDeal.com or www.MySpace.com/TheMovieDeal Out of the Computer / Into the Industry - CHICAGO Final Draft & ScriptShark’s first-of-its-kind Business of Writing seminar is coming to Chicago! Learn how to transition from an aspiring writer to a working professional by pitching, positioning and promoting yourself and your screenplay effectively. The day-long event will include: Pitch Practice session, professional panel, networking lunch, lecture by Jeffrey Gordon, founder of world-renowned Writer’s Boot Camp (www.writersbootcamp.com) and Chicagoans In The Industry, Screenplay Marketing, Industry infrastructure, contests, agents & managers, and more! Scriptshark & Final Draft are happy to extend a 10% Discount on General Admission to Final Draft Newsletter readers. May 3, 2008, Columbia College, 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Admission for FD Newsletter Readers $124.00. To RSVP, Visit: www.scriptshark.com/seminar_Chicago.cfm Aaron Mendelsohn Script Consulting Don't "fade in" to your screenwriting career... smash cut to it! Go beyond script analysis, get expert career consultation from a working Hollywood screenwriter. Aaron graduated from UCLA with a degree in Screenwriting in 1988. He has been working as a professional screenwriter in Hollywood for over 13 years. He made his feature film debut by co-writing the Disney family film Air Bud, which went on to become one of the most successful independently financed films of all time and has, to date, sired five sequels. Aaron's consulting services include script development from concept to final draft, expert script, character and scene analysis, and career guidance and strategic planning. Consulting services take place via phone or, for Los Angeles residents, in person. Rates are competitive and availability is limited. Mention Final Draft and receive a 20% discount! For more information, Visit: www.aaronmendelsohn.com |
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