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OPEN for REGULAR submissions! $10K Grand Prize 50+ TV & Film Industry Pros read & meet our writers. 6+ Pages of script notes help you rewrite to win.
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As a long time Nicholl reader before I founded Finish Line, I'm sorry to see the change. We will be here, accepting scripts from whoever wants to enter. All you have to do is be a writer. Whether it's your first script or one that's been through a fellowship, etc.. we welcome you
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Congratulations to recent winners of Page and placements in AFF, et al;. If you have placed in a competition this season and would like to enter Finish Line, we'd love to give you a discount to do so. We're nearing the end of our Regular Submissions! Please DM us with proof and
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Congratulations to recent winners of Page and placements in AFF, et al;. If you have placed in a competition this season and would like to enter Finish Line, we'd love to give you a discount to do so. We're nearing the end of our Regular Submissions! Please DM us with proof and
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Congrats to our 2022 Winner, Jason Forbach, who is co-starring in RAGTIME on Broadway @LCTheater , which opened last night to fantastic reviews. Jason's script MEMORY PLAY is being produced by Killer Films and is out to an A list director.
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Congratulations to recent winners of Page and placements in AFF, et al;. If you have placed in a competition this season and would like to enter Finish Line, we'd love to give you a discount to do so. We're nearing the end of our Regular Submissions! Please DM us with proof and
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Syd Field said the writer should know everything about the character. The Iranian filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami said there should be something “impenetrable” about a character. What's your opinion?
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If you are pitching & sending scripts out, it's super important to have the next step materials ready, i.e. series bible or pitch deck. Not in 2 weeks or even 4 days but sending them after the meeting. Keeping momentum in a business where buyers have so much coming at them is
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Creating takes time. Sometimes a writer has to give things the time they take and return to ideas after they've been given up on. Living life outside the scope of writing can bring new perspectives and reanimate unfinished ideas into fully formed stories. Waiting does not
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Has where you grew up had an impact on the stories you write? If so, how?
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54 High Level Film & TV Mentors will read and meet our writers. Open for Regular Submissions. https://t.co/ByxjAVUXRz
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STORY 1. Desire 2. Internal Flaw or Hurdle 3. Opponent 4. Constant Battle 5. Change
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"I greatly appreciate your detailed feedback. It was beyond what I expected" - Noel H. "I didn’t expect such detailed notes—please thank the editor for the time and thought they clearly invested in my script!" - Charlotte M. If you aren't getting detailed notes, what are you
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Read a remarkable western over the weekend. This genre, along with war, can be so emotionally profound when done properly. The atmosphere, the characters, in this case the loss and needs. Not just horses and frontiersmen. Expand your genres!
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There are classic books & movies; different ones for different people. Why do you go back to the movie you've seen 20 times? It hasn't finished what it needs to say to you? It uncovers emotions you've experienced & want to re-live? Is it just funny? What movie or book does
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You are NOT a bad artist if you’re not creating right now.
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Commit to a career Not a single script 54 Mentors will read and meet with our writers One on One career writing mentorship available through Finish Line @FinishLineScrip
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Commit to a career Not a single script 54 Mentors will read and meet with our writers One on One career writing mentorship available through Finish Line @FinishLineScrip
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I just gave notes on a very good comedy and man did I need those laughs. Bear in mind, other people are feeling the same way too. The ones who can buy your material. Read the room/world.
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move out of the margins dig deeper than the surface to tell your story sing a song that you and only you can sing take the risk and know there is a sense of what one has to lose, not just what one has to gain this is where your truth as a writer is
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