| SCREENWRITING
RESOURCE SITES |
| BBC
Online - The Writers Room |
Learn
how to write for and submit scripts to the BBC. |
| A
Screenwriters Haven |
An MSN group
dedicated to helping screenwriters. Includes a forum, screenplay critique
and more links. |
| Canadian
Screenwriting Resources |
A
site with links to other online resources for Canadian writers. |
| Screenwriting.info |
Step by
step guide from the mechanics of writing to style. |
| Moviebytes.com |
Features
a database of screenwriting contests, script sales, literary agencies,
film producers, and publishes an email newsletter. |
| Screenwriters
Utopia |
Providing
market information, interviews, articles and workshops. |
| So
You Wanna Be A Sitcom Writer |
A
step-by-step guide to becoming a sitcom writer, including facts about
the industry, creating an original story, writing a spec, and getting
an agent. |
| The
Screenplayers |
A growing
alliance of accredited screenwriters who are using the Internet to market
their original screenplays. |
| Scriptwriting
Secrets |
Hypertexted
writing guide covering the elements of a script, advanced formatting and
what to do with a finished script. |
| The
Television Writers Vault |
Project
database used by production companies and executives scouting original
show ideas, scripts, and properties for development and production in
all genres of televised entertainment. |
| GUILDS
AND COPYRIGHT |
| Writers
Guild of Canada |
A
national association representing more than 1,800 writers working in film,
television, radio, and multimedia production in Canada. |
| Writers
Guild of America - West |
The Los
Angeles-based, western arm of the US association that represents writers
in the film, TV, radio, and multimedia industries. |
| Writers
Guild of America - East |
The
New York-based, eastern arm of the US association that represents writers
in the film, TV, radio, and multimedia industries. |
| Canadian
Itellectual Property Office |
The Government
of Canada's office dealing in Patents, Trademarks, Copyright and Industrial
Design. Use this to search and copyright the title of your project in
Canada. |
| US
Patent and Trademark Office |
The US Government's
office of Patents, Trademarks and Copyright. Use this to search and copyright
the title of your project in the US. |
