Resources

Information and knowledge are two of the most important things a writer can have. Below we present a series of helpful links to publications, websites, and organizations to help writers in all medium. For advanced lessons on writing and story, we encourage you to visit Mr. McKee's ongoing, online community for writers - - where McKee offers new and advanced lessons on the craft, interviews with industry luminaries, daily Q&As answering questions from writers around the world and more.

Directors/Film Production & News:

• Directors Guild of America: www.dga.org
• Director's Net: www.DirectorsNet.com

Copyrighting Scripts Form PA w/Instructions

• The official government form (PA) used to copyright your script with the Library of Congress: www.copyright.gov/forms/formpai.pdf

Film and Television Research:

• Box Office Mojo: www.boxofficemojo.com
• Internet Movie Database: www.imdb.com
• Museum of TV and Radio: www.mtr.org

Film and Television Research:

• American Screenwriter's Association Conference: www.ASAscreenwriters.com
• Atlanta Film & Video Festival: www.imagefv.org
• Austin Film Festival: www.austinfilmfestival.com
• Chicago Int'l Film Festival: www.chicagofilmfestival.com
• Los Angeles Film Festival: www.lafilmfest.com
• New York Film Festival: www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm
• Roger Ebert's Overlooked Filmfest: www.ebertfest.com
• San Francisco Film Festival: www.sfiff.org
• Seattle Int'l Film Festival: www.seattlefilm.com
• Slamdance Film Festival: www.slamdance.com
• Sundance Film Festival: festival.sundance.org/2007
• Tribeca Film Festival: www.tribecafilmfestival.org

Hard-To-Find Screenplays:

• Hollywood Book & Poster: Online: www.hollywoodbookandposter.com
• Phone: 323-465-8764 / E-Mail: scripts@hollywoodbookandposter.com
• Jeffrey Mehlman: Ph: 212-879-0660

Online Production Companies:

• Atom Films: www.AtomFilms.com
• Corbin Bernsen's PFW: www.PublicFilmWorks.com

Professional Film & Television Organizations:

• American Screenwriters Association: www.asascreenwriters.com
• Dallas Screenwriters Association: www.DallasScreenwriters.com
• Image Film & Video (Atlanta): www.imagefv.org
• Scriptwriters' Network: www.scriptwritersnetwork.com
• Women In Film: www.wif.org
• Other organizations and groups can be found regionally through Yahoo Groups and other online services.

Novelist Websites & Info:

• The Modern Library's “100 Best Novels”: Click Here
• Time magazine’s “100 Best All-Time Novels”: Click Here
• American Library Association: www.ala.org
• “Writing A Novel” from About.com: Click Here
• Unfilmables: A List of the Hardest Novels to Film: Click Here
• “100 Best First Lines” from Novels: Click Here
• Various Regional Literary Groups & Organizations: Click Here

Screenplays On The Net:

• Drew's Script-O-Rama: www.script-o-rama.com
• The Daily Script: www.dailyscript.com/scripts/main.html

Screenwriting Software for Professionals:

• Final Draft: www.FinalDraft.com

Screenwriting Websites & Free E-Newsletters:

• Creative Screenwriting: www.CreativeScreenwriting.com
• New York Screenwriters: www.NYScreenwriter.com
• Screenwriters Utopia: www.ScreenwritersUtopia.com
• Screenwriting@about.com: www.screenwriting.about.com
• Script Magazine: www.ScriptMag.com
• WritersWrite: www.writerswrite.com/screenwriting

Screenwriting Events:

• Screenwriting Expo: www.ScreenwritingExpo.com
• Scriptwriters Showcase: www.scriptwritersshowcase.com

Selling Your Script to Top Industry Professionals:

• Ink Tip: www.inktip.com

Television Scripts On The Net:

There are no notable sites that have a wide and varied selection of television scripts. We recommend using Yahoo! as a search engine, typing in the show title you're looking to find a script from, and pick one of the "fan" sites that offer scripts. Most fan sites have extensive libraries of scripts from the show they're dedicated to.

WGA Script Registration:

• Writers Guild of America: www.wga.org - Info: 323-782-4500

Writing & Fellowship Programs (Film & TV):

• ABC/Disney: www.abctalentdevelopment.com
• Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting: www.oscars.org/nicholl/index.html
• Nickelodeon: www.nickwriting.com

Writing Magazines & Publications (hard copy publications):

• Creative Screenwriting: www.CreativeScreenwriting.com
• Script Magazine: www.ScriptMag.com
• Written By (official WGA magazine): www.wga.org/WrittenBy

Box Office Figures:

• Box Office Mojo - Daily Figures: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/