Read it in the WGF Library: The Caroline Thompson Collection
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Read it in the WGF Library: The Caroline Thompson Collection

This blog post highlights Caroline Thompson’s collection available in the Writers Guild Foundation Archive. The Caroline Thompson Collection contains notecards, treatments, annotated script drafts and more from Thompson’s most enduring films, including Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Secret Garden and more.

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Read it in the WGF Library: I LOVE LUCY
Lauren O'Connor Lauren O'Connor

Read it in the WGF Library: I LOVE LUCY

This blog post highlights the Writers Guild Foundation's collection of 154 I Love Lucy scripts, including some with hand-annotations, available to read in the library with an appointment. 

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Donor Spotlight - Veterans Writing Project Group Nine
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Donor Spotlight - Veterans Writing Project Group Nine

The Veterans Writing Project is WGF’s year-long screenwriting program where military veterans learn how to write a screenplay and navigate the entertainment industry. How do they learn these screenwriting fundamentals? Through guidance and mentorship from WGA member mentors!

This past spring after the conclusion of the 2024-25 cohort, Bret Murphy, Ernesto Haibi, Mary Jo McConnell, Ryan Murtha, and Scott Wagner (a.k.a. “Group Nine”) decided to donate to WGF in honor of their mentors. In their own words, these vets share how they worked together throughout the program, key takeaways from their mentors’ wisdom, and why tribute gifts were the perfect way to tell their mentors “thank you”.

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