It’s easy to forget just what an extraordinary catalog the public domain is for us writers. The public domain contains works whose copyrights have expired, and are therefore available for…
Matt van OnselenJune 23, 2018
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We're excited to announce the recipients of the 5th annual ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship. The program is designed to advance the careers of talented screenwriters through ongoing mentorship and introductions to…
adminJune 22, 2018
Orb Media Group and ScreenCraft are pleased to announce the two recipients of the second annual China-Hollywood Screenwriting Fellowship! These winners will each be offered an option fee, one of which will…
Tom DeverJune 20, 2018
As much as we like to deny it, this is a business that works like any other. We provide a product (content) that delivers a service (entertainment) in exchange for…
David KaufmannJune 20, 2018
The number one leading cause of death of a screenwriter's journey is cynicism. It's both a practice and phenomenon that is destructive and difficult to contain or eradicate. Amidst the…
Ken MiyamotoJune 18, 2018
In case you've been trapped in a dark basement for the past year or so, let me be the one to tell you: horror films have fully hit the mainstream…
Jill ChamberlainJune 15, 2018
Violence and horror films have become fairly synonymous. While early genre films were censored into tameness, filmmakers in the 1960’s and 70’s managed to overcome the stringent Hayes code in…
Ben LarnedJune 12, 2018
Do you know where your scripts stand when it comes to good or bad exposition? Make no mistake, exposition is necessary within a screenplay — but there's a good way…
Ken MiyamotoJune 11, 2018
How do you know if a screenwriting contest, film festival, competition, or fellowship is legit, a scam, or something in between? This is a common question that we get from…
Ken MiyamotoJune 8, 2018
