In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What makes great holiday movies stand apart from the rest? We’ve covered the Seven Essential Ingredients to Writing a Successful Holiday Movie: Nostalgia, Magic, Family, Atmosphere, Tropes/Cliches, Hope, and Redemption. That’s not to say holiday movies have to have all of these elements. You […]
via First Draft: Five Must-Read Classic Holiday Movie Screenplays — MovieMaker Magazine

