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The 19th annual Pat’s Run, a 4.2-mile race that honors former Arizona State and Cardinals star Pat Tillman took place Saturday, with runners of all ages coming together to raise money for the Pat Tillman foundation.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, read exclusive interviews with prolific showrunner Carlton Cuse about developing, adapting, writing, and directing “Five Days at Memorial” for AppleTV+ and Leah Fong, co-creator behind Netflix’s “The Midnight Club,” on adapting and her writing principles.

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In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, Tim Schildberger presents the question if the “MacGuffin” is an endangered plot device in screenwriting. Plus, interviews with “A League of Their Own” television series co-creator Will Graham, Netflix’s End of the Road screenwriter Michael J. Moore and much more!

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, exclusive interviews with Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” television writer Vanessa Benton, Allegoria writer-director Spider One, Hulu’s Prey screenwriter Patrick Aison and director Dan Trachtenberg, and more!

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, read exclusive interviews with Where the Crawdads Sing screenwriter Lucy Alibar, AppleTV+’s “Physical” showrunner Annie Weisman, Anonymous Club documentary filmmaker Danny Cohen, and more.

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, read an exclusive interview with The Northman screenwriters Sjón and Robert Eggers, The Twin horror film screenwriters Taneli Mustonen and Aleksi Hyvärinen, and more!

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, TV and film reviews from Script contributor Tom Stempel, interviews with independent filmmakers, and more!

Good Authoring Day to YOU … … And Happy Saturday and NEW YEAR to you!This past week has been about the Redo and ReWrite. My book, How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers, and Boo-Boos has been reVamped with all content and layout, reTitled: How to Avoid Book Publishing

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, get inspired by Script contributor Jenna Avery’s seven ways to create a productive writing routine, learn about female trailblazer Eve Unsell, The Power of the Dog movie review from contributor Tom Stempel, and much more!