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Say what you will about the SciFi Channel’s original movies, they require the cable network to purchase many scripts which means work for genre writers. Bill Cunningham on his DISContent blog has found writing guidelines from the SciFi channel via prolific writer-director Steve Latshaw.
"Actually, based on a conversation I had with their director of development […]

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I just learned about this last night when I was at the Writers Guild panel on Writing For Video Games (which I will be writing up soon.) StoryLink and The Writer’s Store are holding free-to-attend screenwriting classes in Los Angeles in two days with some of the biggest names in screenwriting instruction:

Ellen Sandler (Emmy Nominee […]

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According to my beloved FutonCritic.com, "Moonlight" aka "Twilight" has been picked up by CBS for the fall. From FC:
The drama centers on a private investigator/vampire who struggles with the repercussions of immortality, his adversaries in the vampire world and the love he feels for a mortal.
This story has been done a number of times (see […]

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Over the weekend Fox network picked up "New Amsterdam" and the Terminator series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles." I haven’t seen "New Amsterdam" yet, but I have screened "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and it is an excellent pilot. Fast-paced, great acting, exciting storytelling. This one’s going on the TiVo Season Pass list. Here’s more info on […]

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