Watch as many movies and television programs as possible with an audience. If it will still take time for theaters to reopen, actively recall the movie lines that received the…
Joel EisenbergJuly 6, 2020
Screenwriting + Hollywood News
The best definition of the “three-act structure” that I’ve seen is defined in none other than Wikipedia (hurray for crowd-sourced definitions): A model of narrative fiction that divides the story…
Joel EisenbergJuly 3, 2020
Let’s compare apples to oranges first. What does Eminem have in common with Robin Williams? Creative genius would be one answer, of course. To the latter, no one — no…
Joel EisenbergJune 29, 2020
Congratulations, you’re in the game. Here are 10 tips to help you navigate this often difficult stage of screenplay development. You have spent weeks, sometimes months … sometimes even years…
Joel EisenbergJune 25, 2020
Stuck in the messy middle of your script? The midpoint of your screenplay is so much more than simply the middle of your narrative. Before we dive in, this free…
Ted WilkesJune 22, 2020
Academy Originals' Creative Spark Series features Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis as he takes viewers inside his screenwriting process. Haggis moved to California from Canada in his twenties and eventually became a…
Ken MiyamotoJune 20, 2020
When the update for Final Draft 10 came out the most significant change went by with little to no fanfare. It seemed inconsequential at the time but by altering the…
Ted WilkesJune 19, 2020
When developing a screenplay, you look for strong, complex characters, conflict, and emotional intensity. While the same is true for books, there are rules about screenwriting that don’t apply to…
Burt WeissbourdJune 18, 2020
Listed below are the Finalists of the 2020 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship. These exceptional screenplays represent the top 1.6% of almost 3,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who have made it…
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