SCRIPTS ONLINE
BBC Writersroom
Script-o-rama
Simply Scripts
Internet Movie Script Database
Script Pimp
Daily Script

My PDF Scripts

Script Collector

Raindance (Tim Burton Films)

FORUMS & NETWORKING
* Shooting People - international network for independent filmmakers

ScriptChat - international networking forum with a regular Twitter forum
New Producers Alliance - UK networking & training organisation for filmmakers
Talent Circle - international network for independent filmmakers
American Zoetrope - filmmaking community established by Francis Coppola
BBC Film Network - UK based network showcasing new British filmmaking
BBC Blast - UK based creative community
Great Writing - UK based writers' community (script & prose writers)
The Word Cloud - UK based writers' community (script & prose writers)
The Writing Centre - UK based writers' community (script & prose writers)
One of Us - UK based writers' community - skewed towards prose writers
Write Words - UK based writers' community - skewed towards prose writers
WriteOn - Cambridge Scriptwriting forum
Horror Writers - UK horror writers forum and feedback service

PUBLICATIONS
Media Guardian - UK The Guardian newspaper's Media section
The Times - UK The Times newspaper Arts & Entertainment section
The Stage - UK based The Stage newspaper online
Screen Daily - US based Screen International online - filmmaking business news
MovieScope - UK & US filmmaking magazine online - artistic and business
Empire Magazine - UK & US film magazine online
Total Film - film news and gossip
The Knowledge - UK based contacts for film & television production
* Broadcast - UK television news
* TwelvePoint - UK based Scriptwriter Magazine online

WHERE TO BUY WRITING SOFTWARE & BOOKS
Screenwriters Store - UK based store for screenwriting software
Amazon - international store
Writers Store - US based store for screenwriting software
Celtx  - free downloadable screenwriting software

FREE SCRIPT WRITING COURSES, ARTICLES & TIPS
Raindance - articles and tips on screenwriting
BBC Writersroom - interviews with writers
Emotional Toolbox Screenwriting - writing tips inc.useful character types
Script Writing Secrets - a free scriptwriting course online
Life Write - a free scriptwriting course online

WRITING COURSES
The Script Factory - London based - runs screenwriting courses and events
Euroscript - UK based organisation running screenwriting courses and events
Arvon Foundation - UK creative writing courses (inc. screenwriting) in rural retreats
TAPS - UK television writing courses and events
Literature Training - UK website listing wide range of creative writing courses, events and opportunities

UK REGIONAL WRITING AGENCIES
Playwrights' Studio - Scotland
New Writing North - North East England
Script Yorkshire - Yorkshire
North West Playwrights - North West England
Script Online - West Midlands
Theatre Writing Partnership - East Midlands
New Writing South - South East England
South West New Writing Network - South West England
Sherman Cymru - Wales

ORGANISATIONS
WGGB - Writers Guild of Great Britain (UK)
BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts (UK)
RTS - Royal Television Society (UK)
Writers Copyright Association - UK arm of internatinal copyright organisation
Skillset - National media training body (UK)
Arts Council - developing, promoting and investing in the Arts in England (UK)

UK COMMISSIONING & FUNDING
BBC Commissioning - BBC's guide to commissioning process for all its channels
Channel Four Commissioning - C4's guide to its film & television commissioning
UK Film Council - UK Film Council guide to its funding process

UK REGIONAL SCREEN AGENCIES
Northern Film & Media - North East England
Screen Yorkshire  - Yorkshire
NorthWest Vision & Media - North West England
Screen West Midlands  - West Midlands
EM Media - East Midlands
Screen East - Eastern England
Film London - London
Screen South - South East England
South West Screen - South West England

OTHER
Start In TV - Overview of UK television industry, including section on writing
Jump - Production scheduling service
Internet Movie Database - UK&US database of film & tv productions and credits
The ScriptReaders - selected scripts get a reading by professional actors

UK PRODUCTION COMPANIES ACCEPTING UNSOLICITED SCRIPTS
BBC Writersroom - first point of call for unsolicited submissions to BBC
UK Film Council - can fund script development
Achilles Entertainment - new production company seeking script submissions
BabyJane Productions - small production company seeking script sumbmissions
Bona Broadcasting - Edinburgh-based production company
Ipso Facto Films - Newcastle-based production company
Panther Pictures - small London-based production company
Picture Palace  - Sheffield based production company
Red Production Company - Nicola Schindler's award-winning production company
Red Planet Pictures - Tony Jordan's production company
RS Productions - Newcastle-based production company

NOVEL WRITING APPRAISAL SERVICES
Fiction Feedback - appraisals of novels, stories, poetry and plays
You Write On - free manuscript appraisals from other writers with feedback by Random House and Orion for the hightest rated writers
Gold Dust - fiction writers mentoring scheme
Triskele Writes - mentoring and self-publishing services
Writers Services - manuscript and poetry appraisals



* These are subscription services but well worth considering joining.


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