by John | Jan 25, 2021 | WMC
We’re nearing the deadline of another competition – there’s just one week left of our Winter 2021 Screenwriting Contest! You’ve got until January 31st to submit, so enter NOW for the chance to win great prizes.
This contest is a fantastic opportunity to get off to the best possible start in 2021. This is the time to start looking towards the future, and think about what you want to achieve as the world starts to recover from the impacts of the Covid pandemic.
Whether you’re a beginner at screenwriting looking to launch your career or an established writer seeking to bolster your CV, our contests are what you’re looking for. Our prizes are designed to help make your writing the best it can be, and then get it out into the world where it needs to be: into the hands of producers!
Our top three winners all receive:
- A year of free script development worth up to $3200
- Guaranteed pitching to industry
- An invitation to a lunch with an industry executive in L.A.
- Exclusive listing from InkTip
Plus, the top script will receive our Grand Prize of $3500!
If your script is either a romance or comedy (or even a rom-com!), then don’t forget that we’ve extended our Romance and Comedy Award to January 31st, too. All submissions receive FREE, automatic entry to the Winter Contest, as well a shot at the other prizes on offer.
Don’t delay. Click HERE to enter the WriteMovies Winter 2021 Screenwriting Contest before the deadline on January 31st!
by John | Jan 4, 2021 | Updates
Taking third place in our Fall Contest was a female-led crime drama in which a professional thief must contend with both the mob and the challenges of her complex family, and which particularly impressed us with its fantastic characters: MAKE THE WEATHER by Tom O’Connell!
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by John | Dec 21, 2020 | Writing Insights
“One man’s life touches so many others, when he’s not there it leaves an awfully big hole.” IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE is a perennial festive rewatch for a lot of families in the holiday season, and after the events of 2020, its themes have become even more relevant than ever. Jake Morgan discusses why that is – and what screenwriters can learn about writing Christmas movies…
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by John | Dec 11, 2020 | Our Winners
Based on the real story of a movie icon and his most trusted friend, the winner of our Fall Contest takes us all the way back to the silent era for a biopic about Charlie Chaplin’s Japanese-American chauffeur: RIDING WITH CHARLIE by Shintaro Ogai!
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by John | Nov 13, 2020 | Horror Award, Our Winners
The submissions to our Horror Award threw all sorts of terrifying ideas at us, and we were seriously impressed (not to mention scared) by what we saw – but there can only be one winner: THE DEVIL’S TIDE by John McCoy!
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by John | Nov 13, 2020 | Ghostwriting
Our screenplay ghostwriting service matches you with an award-winning writer who will adapt your story into a production-ready script. Want to find out more? We’re profiling each of our ghostwriters, starting today with David Axe! (more…)
by John | Oct 26, 2020 | Writing Insights
‘Tis the season to be spooky! But while we prepare to announce the winner of our Horror Award on Friday, we mustn’t forget that Halloween is for the whole family, not just horror fans. So, here are our tips for writing a family Halloween movie…
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