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• Arts: Movies: Filmmaking: Screenwriting  (172)

• All About Screenwriting - Information such as plot structure, agents and clubs. Also includes several screenplays.
• American Screenwriters Association - Non-profit organization supports writers through educational seminars, screenplay competitions, script critique service and industry contacts.
• BBC Online - The Writers' Room - Learn how to write for and submit scripts to the BBC.
• BlackScreenplays.com - A resource site on writing screenplays about the African-American community.
• Break into Screenwriting - A script marketing game plan for screenwriters. Articles, tips and resources to help get read, recommended, and sold.
• Canadian Screenwriter Magazine - Industry magazine published quarterly, with selected articles available on the site.
• Chicago Screenwriters Network - Chicago-based organization for local screenwriters offering industry networking opportunities and member evaluation of individual screenplays.
• CineStory - National non-profit screenwriter's organization that helps emerging screenwriters hone their craft and find alternative access to the screen.
• Comedy Screenplays - Free forum for screenwriters who specialize in writing feature length comedies.
• Complications Ensue: The Crafty TV and Screenwriting Blog - Screenwriting weblog about watching and writing TV and movies, by a working screenwriter (with forays into life and political theatre).
• Creative COW Screenwriting Articles - A selection of articles about screen writing by Rob Gregory-Browne.
• Creative Screenwriting Magazine - Selected articles from the publication, available online.
• Done Deal - Resources for script sales in Hollywood, along with interviews, advice, and contact information for agencies and production companies.
• Double ZZ Enterprises - Screenplays - Independent screenwriters, specializing in action- and adventure screenplays.
• E-script - Meeting place on the web for scriptwriters of all kinds.
• EuroScreenwriters - Contains European screenwriter and film databases. Screenwriters may post their resumes and outline their work.
• Eye Spy Screenwriting Agency - Non-profit organization aimed at helping young screenwriters. Information, current projects and membership requirements.
• The Green Room at the New Globe - We are a free online support service for playwrights, screenwrights, actors, directors, producers, and all preparing for those professions.
• Hollywood Creative Directory - Contact information for the film, television and new media industries.
• Hollywood Dreams - Story of hope and faith and trying to sell a screenplay by Canadian writer Beverley Wood.
• Hollywood Literary Sales - Everything to help screenwriters sell to Hollywood. Free script listing service, interviews and articles and classes from industry pros, books, software, critiquing service, and postings from producers.
• Hollywood Scriptwriter - The entertainment industry's trade paper specifically written for screenwriters. Subscription information available.
• How to Write Screenplays. Badly. - A practical guide to failing miserably as a Hollywood screenwriter.
• Inktip - Every week, up to eight screenwriters sell or option their scripts on our site. Sell your script. Get your screenplay seen by producers, production companies and literary agents.
• Interview with Script Guru Robert Mckee - An exclusive interview with screenwriting guru Robert Mckee.
• Jeff Kitchen's Screenwriting Seminar - Hollywood screenwriting seminar with individual hands-on development sessions and state-of-the-art tools for the dramatist.
• Let's do lunch - Services and networking for screenwriters.
• The Mad Screenwriter - Interviews with professional screenwriters, screenwriting articles, script sales, screenplays, and script reviews.
• Mark's Screenwriting Page - A site for aspiring and experienced screenwriters seeking information.
• MovieBytes.com - Features a database of screenwriting contests, script sales, literary agencies, film producers, and publishes an email newsletter.
• Our Pitch Sessions to Star Trek - Behind the walls at Deep Space Nine and Voyager Pitches. Real insight into how the pitch process works.
• A Place to Pitch Your Reality Show - An online service to tv companies and producers dealing in the acquisition of all forms of reality-based programming created by writers.
• Projector Films - Resources and links for UK script writers.
• Schmucks With Underwoods - A message board for screenwriters.
• Screen Writers News - Free marketing news for aspiring screenwriters. Includes information about actors who own production companies and executives who read the works of new writers.
• The Screenplayers - A growing alliance of accredited screenwriters who are using the Internet to market their original screenplays.
• Screenwriters at Scriptmania - Links to entertainment news, film festivals, screenwriting competitions, and software.
• Screenwriter's Corner - Companion to Syd Field's official site offers free email, forums, chat rooms, tips, tutorials and online screenwriting classes.
• Screenwriters Daily - A resource website for screenwriters. Read Movie Reviews, get addresses to production companies, chat, visit our forums for screenwriting tips and to discuss the art of screenwriting.
• Screenwriters Federation of America - A professional portal for working and aspiring screenwriters globally.
• Screenwriters For Hire - Screenwriters can post their websites and contact information and find links to postings for Writers Wanted.
• Screenwriters Utopia - Providing market information, interviews, articles and workshops.
• Screenwriting Basics - Basic screenwriting information from Charles Deemer, author of "Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting."
• Screenwriting Links and More - A guide on writing screenplays for film and television. Find writing tools, scripts, organizations, software, books, magazines, message boards, links, and contests.
• Screenwriting Secrets - Offers free eBook with tips and strategies for aspiring screenwriters.
• Screenwriting.info - Step by step guide from the mechanics of writing to style.
• Script Links - Links for screenwriters, with a Canadian bias, based in Nanaimo, B.C. Canada.
• Script Magazine - Screenwriter's resources, chats, script writing articles, online classes, screenplay links, supplies, and screenplay competition.
• Script Nurse Screenwriters Conference Center - A resource site for amateur and professional screenwriters. Advice, software downloads and reviews, books, discussion forums, tips, hints and exercises to help writers improve their skills.
• Script Tips - Weekly email newsletter sent by working writer with BBC Radio and theater credits. Gives tips for individuals working on stage, TV, or radio scripts.
• The Script Vault - UK based script service.
• Script Writers Network - The network serves its members by enhancing their awareness of the realities of the business, providing access and opportunity through alliances with industry professionals, and furthering the cause and quality of writing in the entertainment industry.
• ScriptFLY - Spec market listings and articles for writers.
• Scripts-and-Coverage.com - Read screenplays and their professional coverage. Post your own scripts for others to download.
• Scriptwriting Secrets - Hypertexted writing guide covering the elements of a script, advanced formatting and what to do with a finished script.
• Selling to Hollywood Screenwriters Conference - Premier screewriting conference providing opportunities for personal pitch contacts with industry professionals, information on agents and producers, educational seminars and friendly learning environment.
• So You Wanna Pitch a TV Show - Step-by-step information teaching how to pitch a TV show, write a treatment, and meet the right people. Includes bulletin board.
• Southern Screenwriters Society - A meeting place for writers who are located east of the Mississippi.
• Story Notes Newsletter - A free newsletter devoted to the craft of screenwriting, by Jeff Newman. New articles monthly, plus access to back issues on site.
• Storymind.com - Free resources including creative writing software, writing tips, and classes in Real Player format.
• Suite 101: Writing for Stage/Screen - From the page to stage, TV or movie screen with casting directions, props, actor's cues, strong dialogue, voice over, costume and set design, and other trade tricks.
• SydField.com - Syd Field, offers free email, message forums and chat rooms through his website and its companion site, ScreenwritersCorner.com.
• The Television Writers Vault - Project database used by production companies and executives scouting original show ideas, scripts, and properties for development and production in all genres of televised entertainment.
• The Thinking Writer - Non-commercial website includes how-to columns, recommended reading, a creative word list, and links to daily entertainment news, current script sales, online screenplay repositories, and other screenwriter's resources.
• UGO Screenwriter's Voice - Offers script reviews, interviews, film to script comparisons, counterpoints, classifieds, writer profiles, film reviews, and advice.
• Writernet - Information, advice, guidance and training for and about scriptwriters in theatre, television, film, radio.
• The Writers Channel - Includes a mentor program, screenwritings groups, hollywood executive pitch, agents and movie producers, writing classes, resource center, audio interviews, articles on classic movies, member contributed journals and creative exercises.
• Writers Store eZine - A free, bi-weekly newsletter with articles, advice columns, screenwriting news from recognized Industry authors and educators.
• Writing for Performance - Introduction to writing for television, film, radio and the stage. With news, writers wanted ads, and links to research and writing sites.

• Scriptologist.com - An instructional Web site, provides step-by-step instructional advice about the art and business of screenwriting. [RSS]