Suggested reading:

• A listing of resource books for screenwriters

Screenwriting sites:

• Screenwriters Guild of America - A professional portal for working and aspiring screenwriters globally.
• Screenwriters & Playwrights Home Page
• Wordplay
• Hollywood Screenwriters Network
• Screenwriters Utopia
• Screenwriters Resource Center
• Drew's Script-O-Rama
• The Writers Store
• Writers Write - A good writer's site with a comprehensive list of screenwriting resources
• Break into Screenwriting
  - A script marketing game plan for screenwriters. Articles, tips and resources to help get read, recommended, and sold.
• Due Diligence  - A blog devoted to reporting scams by agents, managers, and so forth. 
• Screenwriter's Toolkit  - Writing exercises for screenwriters.

General Writing Sites:

• The Ultimate Research Reference Guide - Great site!!!
• A wealth of articles on copyright and publishing contracts

Contests:

• Moviebytes - A listing of most screenwriting contests

Fellowships:

• Chesterfield Writers Film Project
• Nicholl Fellowships
• Walt Disney Studios/ABC Writers Fellowship
• Nickelodeon
• Fox's Diversity Writer's Program

Actors:

• Contact information for actors' agents

Sitcoms:

• Sitcoms - A professorial perspective
• The SitCom Writers Room
• Sitcom-Net - A good page
• SitCom Format 101 - A must see

Movie Sites:

• Movie Cliche's
• The Internet Movie Database

Chicago Sites of Interest:

• Illinois Film Office - Making a movie in Illinois? Stop here first!
• ReelChicago - The pulse of the industry in Chicago, a must-read!
• The Midwest Independent Film Festival - The nation's only film festival solely dedicated to the Midwest filmmaker, presenting audiences with regionally produced independent cinema every first Tuesday of the month - named "Chicago's Best Bet" by Metromix and Chicago Red Eye for thirteen months running!
• The Midwest Film Forum - Come here to find and share information on Midwest film productions, upcoming events, and much more - presented by The Midwest Independent Film Festival
• Chicago Dramatists - Their focus is mainly theater, but they do offer a screenwriting class
• Screenwritingcoach.com - A scriptwriting course taught by our own Rosanne Dimesio, former president of Chicago Screenwriter's Network
• Chicago Film Office
• Facets Multimedia
• Chicago Filmmakers
• IFP/Midwest
• PerformInk
• Screen Magazine

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• Over 500,00 Names By Country, Year, Etc...- Names for any occasion

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