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Screenwriting & Playwriting

Organizations · General Screenwriting Resources · Agents · Script Registries · Script Sources · Playwriting

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Organizations

Australian Writers Guild: http://www.awg.com.au/
British Film Institute: http://www.bfi.org.uk/; Information on the UK film industry.
Playwrights Union of Canada: http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/main.asp
Writers Guild of America: http://www.wga.org; The official website of the WGA, with valuable advice and information on the art and craft of professional screenwriting for film, television, and interactive projects.
Writers Guild of Canada: http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/
Writers' Guild of Great Britain: http://www.writersguild.org.uk/public/index.html

Screenwriting: General Resources

Coverscript Resources: http://www.coverscript.com/links.html; A variety of screenwriting articles, tips and links.
Create Your Screenplay: http://www.createyourscreenplay.com/writershelp.htm; Hosted by Barry Pearson, this site offers a wealth of tips and articles on screenwriting, including format, genres, dialogue and more.
Creative Screenwriting Magazine: http://www.creativescreenwriting.com; Interviews with screenwriters, plus other resources. Now offers a free daily e-mail newsletter; sign up under "CS Daily."
Emotional Toolbox: http://www.emotionaltoolbox.com; This site offers a variety of screenwriting resources, including a detailed "character map" exercise and a free newsletter.
From FADE IN through FADE OUT: http://members.aol.com/anniraff/contents.htm; The complete text of a book on screenwriting, available free.
How to Write a Screenplay: http://www.visualwriter.com/descript.htm; A free downloadable e-book discussing how to write a screenplay "from planning an idea through developing a plot to finishing the play." For Windows only.
Inside Film Magazine Online: Screenwriting: http://www.insidefilm.com/screenwriting.html; A list of conferences and other events for screenwriters.
London Script Consultancy: http://www.londonscriptconsultancy.com/7Resource/7Resource.html; The resource section of this site is packed with useful links; check out the list of screenwriting publications! Also don't be fooled by the word "tuition" in the menu; this is actually a link to a list of helpful screenwriting sites.
Now Playing: http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=98; Newsletter produced by the Writers Guild of America for screenwriters.
Online Communicator: http://www.online-communicator.com/toppage.html; Links to a variety of screenwriting resources.
PitchFest: http://www.pitchfest.com/index.shtml; Website for PitchFest, an opportunity to pitch TV and movie ideas, held annually in Los Angeles, New York and Canada.
Screen Daily: http://www.screendaily.com; UK's screenwriting trade magazine.
Screenwriter's Club: http://www.topica.com/lists/screenwritersclub/; A group for new and experienced screenwriters.
Screenwriter's Master Chart: http://members.aol.com/maryjs/scrnrite.htm; What's Supposed to Happen - When? A Summary of Various Script Breakdowns and Systems. This interesting chart lets you know that in a 120-page script, "Point of No Return" should occur by page 60.
Screenwriters Online: http://www.screenwriter.com/; Classes, script analysis, screenplays, newsletter and more.
Screenwriter's Web: http://breakingin.net; Lenore Wright's site, including tutorials, articles, market news, columns, interviews, and other resources, plus a free newsletter.
Screenwriting Basics: http://www.geocities.com/cdeemer/Screen.htm; Charles Deemer's list of top things that screenwriting students need to know.
Screenwriting and Playwriting Contests: http://www.writing-world.com/contests/index.shtml; Search Writing-World.com's contest database for screenwriting and scriptwriting contests.
Screenwriting Contests and Markets: http://www.moviebytes.com/directory.cfm
Screenwriting Tips: http://www.screenplaynotes.com/screenwriting_tips/; A variety of articles by Gordy Hoffman.
Scriptapalooza: http://www.scriptapalooza.com; A variety of resources and links, including screenwriting contests.
ScriptLinks: http://members.shaw.ca/any-word/scriptlinks.htm; A collection of screenwriting resources "with a Canadian bias".
ScriptNurse: http://scriptnurse.com/wcms/index.php; A site offering a variety of articles and resources; the highlight is its discussion forum section, which offers forums on a wide range of screenwriting topics.
Scriptologist: http://www.scriptologist.com; A new how-to magazine for screenwriters.
Tips for Getting Your Script Past the Gatekeepers: http://www.asvw.com/articles/08/14.html; Advice from a story analyst to any writer hoping for "that big break."

Agents

Author Link: http://www.authorlink.com
Author-Network.com: Agents: http://www.author-network.com/agents.html
Canadian Authors' Association: Canadian Writer's Guide: http://www.canauthors.org/pubs.html
Hollywood Creative Directory: http://www.hcdonline.com/; Source of the Script Sales Agency List.
OzLit: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/agents.html; Agents and screenwriting resources in Australia.
Writer's Guild of America agent directory: http://www.wga.org; Click the "list of agents" link in the left column.

Script Registries

Film Tracker: http://www.filmtracker.com
Hollywood Script Readers Digest: http://www.screenscripts.com
Rights Marketplace: http://www.authorlink.com/
Screenplayers: http://www.screenplayers.net
Screenwriters Market: http://www.screenwritersmarket.com/
Screenwriters Utopia: http://www.screenwritersutopia.com/

Script Sources

The Daily Script: http://www.dailyscript.com
Internet Script Database: http://www.iscriptdb.com
MovieBytes: http://www.moviebytes.com
Script-O-Rama: http://www.script-o-rama.com

Playwriting

FlashPlay: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flashplay/; For writers of short-short plays.
Playwright's Center: http://www.pwcenter.org/; Offers classes, conferences, grants, workshops, residencies and other benefits.
Playwrights Union of Canada: http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/pgc/main.asp
Playwriting Seminars: http://www.vcu.edu/artweb/playwriting/seminar.html; Free "seminars" on the content, structure, craft, format, and business of writing plays, plus links to plays and contests.

Recommended Reading

101 Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters	500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader	How Not to Write a Screenplay	How to Write a Movie in 21 Days
How to Write a Selling Screenplay	Lew Hunter's Screenwriting 434	Making a Good Script Great	Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting
The Screenwriters Bible	Screenwriting for Dummies	Story	Writing Screenplays That Sell

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