by Edward Smith | 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 Edward Smith | Jan 22, 2021 | WriteMovies Academy
We’re just one week away from our Online Introduction to Professional Screenwriting Course, which starts on Thursday January 28th with a class on Concept and Development!
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by Edward Smith | Jan 15, 2021 | Writing Insights
One of the most important skills for a writer is getting the opening of your script right – and part of that is setting the tone. A great premise can be ruined if its presented in the wrong way, and this often happens if the screenplay doesn’t set the tone correctly. So what even is “tone”, and how do you get it right?
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by Edward Smith | 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 Edward Smith | Nov 23, 2020 | Industry News
It’s tougher than ever to predict the future of our industry in these uncertain times, and that’s why it’s also more important than ever to keep an eye on what scripts are selling. If you want to know if your script will succeed, you need to look at what producers are interested in right now – so here’s our pick of script sales from October 2020.
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by Edward Smith | Nov 18, 2020 | Ghostwriting
We continue our series of ghostwriter profiles today, giving you an insight into how our screenplay ghostwriting service works and the skills our ghostwriters have. The next writer to be profiled is Simon Bowler! (more…)
by Edward Smith | Nov 16, 2020 | Rom-Com award, WMC
You frightened us with your submissions to our Horror Award, but now it’s time to see if you can tug at our heartstrings and make us laugh. Continuing our celebration of great writing across all genres, the WriteMovies Romance and Comedy Award 2021 is now OPEN!
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