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GETTING AN AGENT

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WRITING TALENT LIST

TOP LINKS

wordplayer.com

scriptforsale.com

screenwritersnews.com

screentalk.biz

WGGB - WGA

JEN'S TOP LINKS!
wordplayer.com WordPlayer I consider this to be the number 1 website on screenwriting. It's the most comprehensive and accurate and is just a sheer joy and inspiration to read. Anybody who is working or would like to work as a screenwriter should read every page.
scriptforsale.com Script for Sale: Articles, resources, classes and screenwriting forum. They have a brilliant and inspiring newsletter on Yahoo! Groups.
screentalk.biz The International Voice of Screenwriters (Journal) Knowing the industry is as important as knowing how to write well.
WGA Writers' Guild of America
WGGB Writers' Guild of Great Britain
Jen's aStore I have a selection of screenwriting books and software avaliable in my online aStore (Amazon UK).

WRITERS' GUILDS
awg.com.au The Australian Writers' Guild
nzwritersguild.org.nz New Zealand Writers' Guild
ugs-online.org Union-Guilde des Scénaristes - Scriptwriters' Guild, France
wgaeast.org Writers' Guild of America: East Coast
wga.org Writers' Guild of America: West Coast
writersguildofcanada.com Writers' Guild of Canada
writersguild.org.uk Writers' Guild of Great Britain
SOFTWARE
finaldraft.com Final Draft
thescreenwritersstore.co.uk The Screenwriters' Store. A place to buy all your film-making software.
screenplay.com Screenplay.com All kinds of writing software, resources, support and downloads.
Jen's aStore I have a selection of screenwriting software avaliable in my online aStore (Amazon).

COPYRIGHT & REGISTRATION
protectrite.com world

ProtectRite A service of National Creative Registry, the creator and pioneer of online intellectual property registration. Founded in California in 1994 by writers and attorneys, National Creative Registry's ProtectRite service processes thousands of online registrations each year from writers, screenwriters, attorneys, songwriters, advertising agencies, Internet and software developers, inventors, scientists, individuals and corporations worldwide.
copyright.gov U.S. Copyright Office: Everything about copyrighting anything.
wipo.int world The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international organization dedicated to promoting the use and protection of works of the human spirit.
wga.org Writers Guild of America - Non members can register their work for $20
copyright_registration My page for screenwriters all about copyright and script registration and all the links you need to find out all you need to know.

SCREENWRITING MAGAZINES
screentalk.biz The International Voice of Screenwriters (Journal)
scriptwritermagazine.com ScriptWriter Magazine UK based journal. Highly recommended - I subscribe myself. £36 per year UK. Site also has useful legal advice.

SCREENWRITING RESOURCES
www.cnefly.com world Online directory....
www.euroscript.co.uk Euroscript Consultancy: Reads, selects & promotes scripts & writers. Runs workshops & support groups.
www.firstfilm.co.uk Helps new writers / film makers
www.rocliffe.com Film & writing forum. Connecting Established Industry to Emerging Writing & Filmmaking Talent.
www.lsw.org.uk Screenwriters' Workshop was set up in 1983 to help writers help themselves to find work in the film and television industries. They have members from New Cross to New Zealand. Membership costs £40 per year
www.scriptfly.com Help for writing & selling scripts. Also known as celluloidmonkies.com
www.script-o-rama.com Drew's Script-o-rama. Download your favourite movie scripts for free, to study and read.
www.scriptforsale.com Script for Sale: Articles, resources, classes and screenwriting forum. They have a brilliant and inspiring newsletter on Yahoo! Groups.
www.scriptsales.com Internet news resource for screenplay, pitch, treatment, and books sales in the film industry, in addition to interviews, software and book reviews, advice, agency and production company listings, contests, news, and more.
www.scriptshark.com ScriptShark is billed as your connection to Hollywood agents, managers, studio and development executives currently searching for new talent and material.
It's pricey and only for the rich and desperate. Script coverage is from upwards. Not sure what I think of it.
www.scriptsunlimited.biz Scripts Unlimited. Script typing, formatting and revision service. They also format schedules and budgets.
www.scriptwritingsecrets.com If you have a script, or want to write a script, and give it the best chance to get read and sold, go and visit this site. A huge amount of information.
www.triggerstreet.com world Founded by Kevin Spacey, this site is a film forum to inspire, nurture, and help bring exposure to new and undiscovered talent.
www.wordplayer.com An assorted array of screenwritng information.
Zoetrope world Zoetrope Founded by Francis Ford Coppola to inspire, nurture, and help bring exposure to new and undiscovered talent.

ADVICE, TRAINING, WORKSHOPS
screenwritersutopia.com
ScreenWriters Utopia. Workshops, articles, interviews, script sales.
scriptforsale.com
Script for Sale: Articles, resources, classes and screenwriting forum. They have a brilliant and inspiring newsletter on Yahoo! Groups.
screenwriters101.com
Screenwriters 101: how to get an Agent - Tips and guidance. You have to buy a book - Americans only.
writing.org.uk
A basic introduction to writing for television, radio, stage and film. The film section includes the UK Screenwriters Network FAQ.
xerif.com
The Virtual Script Workshop and Scriptunities have provided free information about online Screenwriting Workshops,competitions and opportunities since 1995
write a screenplay My page for screenwriters all about writing a screenplay and all the links you need to find out all you need to know.

WRITING COMPETITIONS
nationalscreenwriting.com National Screenwriting Competition. An Annual Juried Competition.
oscars.org/nicholl world The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting program is an international competition open to screenwriters who have not earned more than $5,000 writing for film or television. Entry scripts must be the original work of a sole author or of exactly two collaborative authors. Entries must have been written originally in English. Adaptations and translated scripts are not eligible. Up to five $30,000 fellowships are awarded each year. The submission deadline for the 2004 Fellowships is May 1, 2004.
northernlighscontest.com world SCREENTALK Magazine is proud to present the Northern Lights International Screenplay Competition. The competition is open to all screenwriters worldwide writing live action feature-length screenplays in the English language. Entry screenplays must be be no less than ninety (90) pages and no more than one hundred thirty (130) pages in length.

writing extras
firstwriter.com Not really for screenwriters, just writers/novelists: "Every writer's indispensable Internet resource. This site aims to provide you with all the information you need as you progress in your writing career."
litopia.com world General writing site with a focus on novelists. Find supplies, advice and inspiration here!

The National Short Course Programme (NSCTP)
National Film & Television School
Beaconsfield Film Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield,Bucks, HMP9 1LG
Tel: 01494 677 903

Arts & Entertainment Training Council (AETC)
3 St Peters Buildings, York Street, Leeds LS9 8AJ
Tel: 0113 244 8845

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