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In honor of our launch, and reward to our early supporters, we will be giving away a certificate good for one copy of any Final Draft product to a lucky TSL follower.

On April 30th, if our combined Facebook friends and Twitter followers is over 10,000 people, we will do a live UStream drawing from the list of follwers. (hint: if you sign up for both, you double your chances) There is no expiration on the certificate, so use it now or wait for the next version.

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Writing Believable Action

Screenwriting Script Tips
Recently, I was asked about the use of “false action”, which was described to me as forcing characters to do something during dialogue because that’s better than having them just standing around. I had never heard of this exact terminology used to illustrate action, but I understood the concept behind it. However, not every concept is necessarily a good one, and this is never more evident than with writers guilty of applying this so-called “false action.” Big rookie mistake! Starting with the word “false” is the first clue. When supporting points in an argument, for…

Character Development

Screenwriting Creating Characters
CHARACTER BIO: MAIN PROTAGONIST Objective: Dig deep with a character, discovering background history, personality, psychology, and current goals. Exercise: Write a detailed description of your main character (1 page only). Remember: You are describing a dramatic character, so present him/her to us in a way that is cinematically useful. Hints: We need to understand their drives, fears, goals, and we’ll have to be able to picture them and hear them.
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