Secrets Behind the Screenplays: Nominated Writers Open Up at WGA’s Beyond Words
Feb06

Secrets Behind the Screenplays: Nominated Writers Open Up at WGA’s Beyond Words

You know it’s going to be an entertaining evening when a “fight” breaks out amongst acclaimed screenwriters of some of the most honored films this awards season. That’s what happened at the Writers Guild of America West’s Beyond Words Feb. 4 event, which spotlights the writers of original and adapted screenplays who are up for WGA Awards. Most of them, not surprisingly, are also nominated for Oscars. Screenwriter John August moderated...

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Oscar Countdown: Writing the Script for Winning Original and Adapted Screenplays
Feb25

Oscar Countdown: Writing the Script for Winning Original and Adapted Screenplays

Although those they honor are considered below the line, make no mistake about it. The Oscars for both adapted and original screenplay are marquee trophies that can fast-track the career course of their recipients into Hollywood’s highest echelons, if they aren’t already there. Just think back to when an impossibly young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck won for ”Good Will Hunting.” Let’s take a look first at the adapted screenplay nominees:...

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