Screenwriting Resources

Here are some tools to help you find anything you might need with respect to screenwriting and filmmaking.

Being Charlie Kaufman - all you ever wanted to know about Charlie Kaufman

Creative Screenwriting Magazine

Daily Script - movie scripts in proper screenplay format

Drew’s Script-O-Rama - more film scripts

Hollywood Creative Directory - for anyone trying to sell a script

Horror Lair - horror and suspense screenplays

imdb.com (the Internet Movie Database) - for credits to any film

janeespenson.com - screenwriter and blogger extroardinaire (Battlestar Gallactica, Buffy, Gilmore Girls)

johnaugust.com - the addictive blog of John August - writer of Corpse Bride, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish, Charlie's Angels (2000), Go, and others

Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences library

MovieBytes - list of screenwriting contests with dates, reviews and other info

SAG Indie - resources for indie filmmakers

Sci Fi Scripts - scripts and transcripts of sci-fi old and new

Screenwriters Utopia - bursting with screenwriting articles

Script Crawler - script search engine

scr(i)pt Magazine

Simply Scripts - free downloadable movie scripts!

The Thinking Writer - an informative blog offering a "view from the middle" of a screenwriter's journey

USS Patriot - Star Trek scripts

Wordplay - great site run by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek) with loads of info on the craft and business of screenwriting

Written by Jim - a fellow script consultant & screenwriter

Contests/Scholarships

American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest

Chesterfield Writer's Film Project

Final Draft's Big Break

Fox Searchlab

Nicholl Fellowship

Project Greenlight

Scr(i)pt Magazine's Open Door Contest

Sundance Screenwriter's Lab

Warner Bros. Television Writer's Workshop

Organizations and Unions