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			Three Essential Tips On Writing Characters
			
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		| Here are three tips you can use to elevate the characters in your screenplay so hopefully you don’t receive this note ever again. | 
      
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			Pitch a Screenplay - Skip the Canned Speech and Speak from the Heart
			
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		| Too many people think that buyers expect them to pitch a screenplay in a locked-down, rehearsed speech | 
      
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			Cowrite Announces Week 4, and Week 3 Winners
			
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		| The Cowrite contest has announced their week 4 winner Steven Dexheimer and week 3 winner Tony Martin. | 
      
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			Acclaim Announces Feature and TV Contest Winners
			
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		| Ursula Hollman's SUCK has been named the winner of hte Fall/Winter 2008 Acclaim Screenwriting Coemptition... Acclaim TV has announced the TV Contest winners. | 
      
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			Cowrite Announces Week 2 winner
			
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		| The Cowrite contest in association with Benderspink has announced their week 2 winner: writing partners Lauren Hynek and Elizabeth Martin. | 
      
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			BlueCat Screenwriting Contest FINAL DEADLINE APRIL 1st
			
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		| Grand Prize: $10,000, Four Finalists: $1,500. Every writer who enters receives 600 word written script analysis. Founded by award winning writer-director Gordy Hoffman.  Sony just picked up the distribution rights for their 2005 winner, Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story. | 
      
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			British Short Screenplay Competition
			
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		| The British Short Screenplay Competition regarded internationally as “the best and the most prestigious short screenplay competition in the world” is now accepting submissions for the 2008 competition. | 
      
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			2007 Samuel Goldwyn Award Winners Announced
			
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		| UCLA's Jennifer O'Kieffe has been named the winner of the 52nd annual Samuel Goldwyn writing awards for her script "Sex and Sylvia Plath." 
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			VOY Announces Winner of First-Annual International Film Lab Competition
			
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		| Ana Farini selected from hundreds of entries globally – wins $5000 prize and option to produce her film. | 
      
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			WRITERS GUILD LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE REGISTRY WEBSITE
			
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		| As the Writers Guild of America, west Registry's 24-hour online registration service continues to expand, the WGAw announces the launch of its new Registry website. | 
      
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			Seeking character driven script
			
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		| Independent producer - director is looking for a low budget character driven screenplay. Your story can be a drama, thriller, romantic or dark comedy. | 
      
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			Writers Guilds Announce 101 Greatest Screenplays
			
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		| The Writers Guild of America, west (WGAw) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced the 101 Greatest Screenplays of all time - as voted on by members of the Writers Guilds, west and East. | 
      
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			Tom Selleck, Robert Conrad Among New Panelists Joining Michael Chiklis, Jeff Goldblum and Others in Writers Guild Foundation 
			
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		| An evening honoring Emmy and Writers Guild Award winning writer, and 2006 WGA Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award Recipient, Stephen J. Cannell. | 
      
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			Advanced Scene Writing
			
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		| Five week course on mastering the basic unit of screenwriting. | 
      
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			VOY Pictures Announces Film Lab Finalists 
			
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		| VOY Pictures, a company developing high- quality films and television programming for Latinos and Latinophiles, today announced the five finalists of its VOY Pictures Film Lab | 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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