Screenwriting : Have resources for screenwriters or authors? by Dawn Gonchar

Hey Dawn, great idea! I've been writing a series of articles for SimplyScripts covering similar topics, you can find them on my site www.anthonycawood.co.uk/articles feel free to use the links to bolster your site. Anthony

Awesome - thank you Anthony - I really appreciate this!

Pleasure Dawn, I think next article on where to find screenwriting job/opportunities should be published soon too,

Anthony - I added a link to your page; let me know if you ok with this: http://infoforwriters.wordpress.com/about/resources-for-writers/articles/

Absolutely fine with that Dawn, the more we share this type of info the better for all of us, one of my future articles will focus on other resources and linkks so I'll be sure to list yours.

My blog is pretty popular www.gideonsway.wordpress.com

Peter - thank you for the suggestion! I will see what I can find. Here on Stage 32, there was a webinar offered by Lane Shefter Bishop called: Taking You Book or Screenplay from proposal to published to produced. Although it includes the information on books, it also spent a good amount of time on query letters. I'll do some more research and I'll send you a message to let you know when I've updated the site.

J.G. - I've added your blog site: http://infoforwriters.wordpress.com/about/resources-for-writers/blogs/ Thank you!

Writers Room Confidential http://writersroomconfidential.blogspot.com Playwrights, screenwriters, and a few novelists on their craft.

Thank you Richard - I appreciate the information. I will add this to our site.

Some General Screenwriting Sites to add: Simplyscripts Scriptshadow Johnaugust IMSDB Moviepoet TalentVille The Black List Trigger Street Labs Zoetrope All Story Script O Rama Kind Regards, Eoin

I like the concept, Dawn but you're missing two of the biggest and most important screenwriting contests, The Nicholl and Austin http://www.oscars.org/nicholl/about http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/submit/screenplayandteleplay/ Have you considered breaking down the screenwriting contests into a feature category and a short category? Also, one of the most important sites for me is Terry Rossio's Wordplay site. His collection of columns is what encouraged me to write my first words. http://www.wordplayer.com/ Don't worry about adding Trigger Street Labs to your list . It's shutting down in January and thus will no longer be available. Keep up the good work.

Hi Dawn, I would suggest maybe adding writing retreats. We offer such a retreat as well as information and services on several of the listed topics (all genres of writing). We also have a section of free resources including articles, podcasts, and video lectures. We are Jacob Krueger Studio at www.writeyourscreenplay.com. We are accessible in NYC and online. Thanks for pulling this information together.

Eoin, Thank you so much for the additional suggestions! (There's a few on here I knew about and can't believe I didn't include). I really appreciate your input and will add these to the site. Dawn

Pierre, Thank you for taking the time to review and provide feedback - I greatly appreciate it! Great idea about breaking down the contests - I will do that. If you think of anything else, please let me know. Again, thank you!

Brian, Great idea - I hadn't even thought about retreats! I appreciate your feedback and will definitely incorporate your suggestions. Thank you!

All, Thank you VERY much for taking the time to review the site and provide your feedback. I sincerely appreciate it. I am truly hoping this site will save others the hours I spent trying to figure out what screenwriting was all about. If anyone else has suggestions - please share!

I will add this to my list of resources to tap