Resources: links to some useful screenwriting resources.
Writing for TV and film
Central BBC hub for screenwriters
Free to access library of BBC scripts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/writers/scripts/
Drew’s Script-O-Rama – US based library of film and TV scripts
Simply Scripts database
Screenwriting competitions
Short Film Funds
Development funding
BFI Network: short and early feature development
https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bfi-network
BFI feature development funding
Free Screenwriting Software
Options for free screenwriting software
https://www.scriptreaderpro.com/free-screenwriting-software/
Books
- Screenwriting: The Craft and The Career by Philip Shelley
- Into the Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them by John Yorke
- Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting by Syd Field
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
- Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood by William Goldman